Alpha Corporation Receives a Shipment of Flour Every Morning from Their

question 22

Multiple Choice

Alpha Corporation receives a shipment of flour every morning from their supplier. The flour is in 40 kg bags and Alpha will reject any shipment that is more than 4% underweight. The foreman samples 50 bags with each shipment and if the bags average more than 4% underweight, the whole shipment is returned to the supplier. Determine the value for the standard error of the proportion.

• A) 0.00132
• B) 0.000768
• C) 0.00064
• D) 0.02771
• E) 0.0250