document.write( "Question 1085206: THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER OF A LARGE INDUSTRIAL PLANT SOUGHT TO DETERMINE THE MEAN DAILY AMOUNT OF SULPHUR OXIDE (POLLUTANT)EMMITED BY THE PLANT. BECAUSE MEASURMENTS COSTS WERE HIGH, ONLY A RANDOM SAMPLE 10 DAYS MEASURMENTS WERE OBTAINED : THESE WERE , IN TONS PER DAY.
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document.write( "SUPPOSE EMISSIONS PER DAY ARE NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED. ESTIMATED µ, THE MEAN AMOUNT OF SULPHUR OXIDES EMITTED PER DAY USING THE CONFIDENCE INTERVAL WITH A CONFIDENCE
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Algebra.Com's Answer #699277 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! mean is 9.4 tons \n" ); document.write( "std dev is 3.37 tons \n" ); document.write( "the interval width is t df=9, 0.975*s/sqrt(n) \n" ); document.write( "t is 2.26 \n" ); document.write( "2.26*3.37/sqrt(10)=2.41 \n" ); document.write( "The 95% CI is (6.99, 11.81) tons. \n" ); document.write( " |