The diameter of small Nerf balls manufactured at a factory in China is expected to be approximately normally distributed with a mean of 5.2 inches and a standard deviation of .08 inch. Suppose a random sample of 20 balls is selected. Find the interval that contains 87% of the sample means.

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PsyDAG · Answer

87% = mean ± 1.51 SEm SEm = SD/√n

Josh · Answer

What is square root n?

dave · Answer

The diameter of small Nerf balls manufactured at a factory in China is expected to be approximately normally distributed with a mean of 5.2 inches and a standard deviation of .08 inch. Suppose a random sample of 20 balls is selected. Find the interval that contains 87% of the sample means