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The population standard deviation for the temperature of beers found in Scooter's Tavern is 0.26 degrees. If we want to be 90% confident that the sample mean beer temperature is within 0.1 degrees of the true mean temperature, how many beers must we sample

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Answer:

19 beers must be sampled.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have that to find our [tex]\alpha[/tex] level, that is the subtraction of 1 by the confidence interval divided by 2. So:

[tex]\alpha = \frac{1 - 0.9}{2} = 0.05[/tex]

Now, we have to find z in the Z-table as such z has a p-value of [tex]1 - \alpha[/tex].

That is z with a pvalue of [tex]1 - 0.05 = 0.95[/tex], so Z = 1.645.

Now, find the margin of error M as such

[tex]M = z\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}[/tex]

In which [tex]\sigma[/tex] is the standard deviation of the population and n is the size of the sample.

The population standard deviation for the temperature of beers found in Scooter's Tavern is 0.26 degrees.

This means that [tex]\sigma = 0.26[/tex]

If we want to be 90% confident that the sample mean beer temperature is within 0.1 degrees of the true mean temperature, how many beers must we sample?

This is n for which M = 0.1. So

[tex]M = z\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}[/tex]

[tex]0.1 = 1.645\frac{0.26}{\sqrt{n}}[/tex]

[tex]0.1\sqrt{n} = 1.645*0.26[/tex]

[tex]\sqrt{n} = \frac{1.645*0.26}{0.1}[/tex]

[tex](\sqrt{n})^2 = (\frac{1.645*0.26}{0.1})^2[/tex]

[tex]n = 18.3[/tex]

Rounding up:

19 beers must be sampled.