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STAT7055 Spring Session 2017 Topic 6 Tutorial
5. A soft drink machine is regulated so that the amount of drink dispensed is distributed
with a standard deviation of 5ml. Find the sample size necessary to be 85% confident
that our sample mean will be within 3ml of the true mean. Do you see any issues with
your answer?
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