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Instruction 18-13
a Supplier of Silicone Sheets for Producers of Computer

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Instruction 18-13
A supplier of silicone sheets for producers of computer chips wants to evaluate her manufacturing process.She takes a sample size of five from each day's output and counts the number of blemishes on each silicone sheet.The results from 20 days of such evaluations are presented below.She also decides that the upper specification limit is 10 blemishes.
sheet Day 12345 Mean  Range 91121014658.69281366108.67310127799.05459127108.6758389107.676979698.03710105767.65810910658.0596106998.0410698687.431185610107.85126477127.2813757696.8414588766.8315712106109.06167114787.4717845475.64181141111109.4719610610108.442061212688.86\begin{array} { r r r r r r r r } &&&sheet\\ \text { Day } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & \frac { \text { Mean } } { } & \frac { \text { Range } } { 9 } \\1 & \frac { 1 } { 2 } & 10 & 14 & 6 & 5 & 8.6 & 9 \\2 & 8 & 13 & 6 & 6 & 10 & 8.6 & 7 \\3 & 10 & 12 & 7 & 7 & 9 & 9.0 & 5 \\4 & 5 & 9 & 12 & 7 & 10 & 8.6 & 7 \\5 & 8 & 3 & 8 & 9 & 10 & 7.6 & 7 \\6 & 9 & 7 & 9 & 6 & 9 & 8.0 & 3 \\7 & 10 & 10 & 5 & 7 & 6 & 7.6 & 5 \\8 & 10 & 9 & 10 & 6 & 5 & 8.0 & 5 \\9 & 6 & 10 & 6 & 9 & 9 & 8.0 & 4 \\10 & 6 & 9 & 8 & 6 & 8 & 7.4 & 3 \\11 & 8 & 5 & 6 & 10 & 10 & 7.8 & 5 \\12 & 6 & 4 & 7 & 7 & 12 & 7.2 & 8 \\13 & 7 & 5 & 7 & 6 & 9 & 6.8 & 4 \\14 & 5 & 8 & 8 & 7 & 6 & 6.8 & 3 \\15 & 7 & 12 & 10 & 6 & 10 & 9.0 & 6 \\16 & 7 & 11 & 4 & 7 & 8 & 7.4 & 7 \\17 & 8 & 4 & 5 & 4 & 7 & 5.6 & 4 \\18 & 11 & 4 & 11 & 11 & 10 & 9.4 & 7 \\19 & 6 & 10 & 6 & 10 & 10 & 8.4 & 4 \\20 & 6 & 12 & 12 & 6 & 8 & 8.8 & 6\end{array}
-Referring to Instruction 18-13,an R chart is to be constructed for the number of blemishes.One way to create the upper control limit involves multiplying the mean of the sample ranges by D4. For this data set,the value of D4 is ________.


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Fixed Production Costs

Costs that do not vary with the level of production, such as rent for manufacturing facilities.

Variable Selling Expenses

Costs that fluctuate with sales volume, such as commissions and shipping charges, directly associated with the selling of products.

Fixed Production Costs

Costs that do not change with the level of production output, such as rent, salaries, and equipment depreciation.

Variable Costing

A costing method that includes only variable production costs in the cost of goods sold and treats fixed manufacturing overhead as a period expense.

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