Alpha Corporation Receives a Shipment of Flour Every Morning from Their

question 17

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 5% underweight. The foreman samples 35 bags with each shipment and if the bags average more than 5% underweight, the whole shipment is returned to the supplier. Determine the value for the standard error of the proportion.

• A) 0.0368
• B) 0.00095
• C) 0.0014
• D) 0.0471
• E) 0.00386

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Bar Chart

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