Mathematics, 25.12.2019 04:31 caeley

Refrigerators in a random sample of 60 refrigerators, the mean repair cost was $150.00 and the standard deviation was $15.50. construct a 99% confidence interval for the population mean repair cost. interpret the results.

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Answer from: drubio102004

The 99% confidence interval is given by ($144.677;$155.323)

We are confidenct at 99% that the true mean for the reapir cost of refrigerators is between 144.677 and 155.323.

Step-by-step explanation:

1) Notation and definitions

n=60 represent the sample size

$\bar X= 150$ represent the sample mean

s=15.5 represent the sample standard deviation

m represent the margin of error

Confidence =99% or 0.99

A confidence interval is "a range of values that’s likely to include a population value with a certain degree of confidence. It is often expressed a % whereby a population means lies between an upper and lower interval".

The margin of error is the range of values below and above the sample statistic in a confidence interval.

Normal distribution, is a "probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean".

2) Calculate the critical value tc

In order to find the critical value is important to mention that we don't know about the population standard deviation, so on this case we need to use the t distribution. Since our interval is at 99% of confidence, our significance level would be given by $\alpha=1-0.99=0.01$ and $\alpha/2 =0.005$ . The degrees of freedom are given by:

df=n-1=60-1=59

We can find the critical values in excel using the following formulas:

"=T.INV(0.005,59)" for $t_{\alpha/2}=-2.66$

"=T.INV(1-0.005,59)" for $t_{1-\alpha/2}=2.66$

The critical value $tc=\pm 2.66$

3) Calculate the margin of error (m)

The margin of error for the sample mean is given by this formula:

$m=t_c \frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}$

$m=2.66 \frac{15.5}{\sqrt{60}}=5.323$

4) Calculate the confidence interval

The interval for the mean is given by this formula:

$\bar X \pm t_{c} \frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}$

And calculating the limits we got:

$150 - 2.66 \frac{15.5}{\sqrt{60}}=144.677$

$150 + 2.66 \frac{15.5}{\sqrt{60}}=155.323$

The 99% confidence interval is given by ($144.677;$155.323)

We are confidenct at 99% that the true mean for the reapir cost of refrigerators is between 144.677 and 155.323.

Answer from: Quest

answer: there are x+184 pages in olivia's book.

step-by-step explanation:

let the total number of pages in the book which olive has already read be x.

then if olive has 184 pages left to read, then the total number of pages are in olive's book= pages she has read+pages she has left to read

therefore, the total number of pages in olivia's book= $x+184$

hence, there are x+184 pages in olivia's book.

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