A Company Manager Thinks He Is Overpaying for Fertilizer at $174

question 26

Short Answer

A company manager thinks he is overpaying for fertilizer at $174 per ton. To find out, he collects fertilizer prices per ton from five distributors. Construct a 90% confidence interval from his results: 128, 140, 170, 166, and 156.

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Definitions:

Compute

To calculate or process information using a computer or mathematical methods.

Bid Price

The maximum price that a buyer is willing to pay for a security or commodity.

Manager's Objective

The goals that are set by a company's management to be achieved through the operation of the organization.

Construction Firms

Companies specializing in constructing buildings, infrastructure, and other physical structures.