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document.write( " By measuring the amount of time it takes a component of a product to move from one workstation to the next, an engineer has estimated that the standard deviation is 4.0 seconds. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Answer each of the following (show all work):<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(A) How many measurements should be made in order to be 95% certain that the maximum error of estimation will not exceed 1 second? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(B) What sample size is required for a maximum error of 2 seconds? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  thanks for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer each of the following (show all work):<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(A) How many measurements should be made in order to be 95% certain that the maximum error of estimation will not exceed 1 second?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = [1.96*4/1]^2 = 61.47<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Round up to n = 62<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(B) What sample size is required for a maximum error of 2 seconds? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "thanks for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = [1.96*4/2]^2 = 15.37<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Round up to n = 16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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