The Population of Pop Cans Filled by a Particular Machine

question 74

True/False

The population of pop cans filled by a particular machine is known to be normally distributed with a mean of 12 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.16 ounces. Given this information, the sampling distribution of the sample mean, , for a random sample of 16 cans will also be normally distributed with a standard deviation equal to 0.04.

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Absolute Threshold

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