The Owner of a Fish Market Has an Assistant Who

question 143

Multiple Choice

The owner of a fish market has an assistant who has determined that the weights of catfish are normally distributed,with a mean of 3.2 pounds and standard deviation of 0.84 pounds.If a sample of 16 fish is taken,what is the standard error of the mean weight?

• A)0.840
• B)0.053
• C)0.210
• D)None of these choices.

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