Section T: Homework

1) a) Watch Out! Inc., a consumer organization wants to estimate the life of Extra-Strong light bulbs.
With 35 randomly purchased bulbs, they find the mean life to be 998 hours, with standard deviation of 30
hours. Construct a 90% confidence interval for the mean life of bulbs. Interpret your result.

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b) A claim is made that the population mean life of Extra-Strong light bulbs is 1000 hours. Using the
results from part (a) of this problem, would this claim be valid or invalid?

2) a) A random sample of 61 children with working mothers showed that they were absent from school an
average of 5.3 days per term with a standard deviation of 1.8 days. Construct a 99% confidence interval for
the average number of days absent per term for all the children. Interpret your result.

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b) A claim is made that the population mean number days is 6 days. Using the results from part (a) of this
problem, would this claim be valid or invalid?

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3)a) The proprietor of a boutique in New York wanted to determine the average age of his customers. A
random sample of 40 customers revealed an average age of 32 years with a standard deviation of 8 years.
Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate for the average age of all his customers. Interpret your result.

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b) A claim is made that the population mean age is 28 years. Using the results from part (a) of this
problem, would this claim be valid or invalid?

4) Assume the following population is normally distributed. A sample of 16 patients in a doctor's office
showed that they had to wait an average of 43 minutes, with a standard deviation of 8 minutes, before they
could see the doctor. Construct a 98% confidence interval for the average waiting time of all the patients
who visit this doctor.
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b) A claim is made that the population mean wait time is 40 minutes. Using the results from part (a) of
this problem, would this claim be valid or invalid?

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5) Jasmine makes and sells jewelry on Ebay. Over the past year the mean monthly income from the
business was $756 with a sample standard deviation of $132. She expects next year’s sales to be similar.
Construct a 95% confidence interval for next year’s mean monthly income. Interpret your result.

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b) A claim is made that the population mean sales is $800. Using the results from part (a) of this
problem, would this claim be valid or invalid?

6) A doctor wants to estimate the mean age of people having knee replacements. He finds the mean age
of a random sample of 34 people who have had a knee replacement in the last year to be 68.5 years with
a standard deviation of 3.25 years. Find a 98% confidence interval for the population mean age at which a
person has a knee replacement. Interpret your result.

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b) A claim is made that the population mean age is 72 years. Using the results from part (a) of this
problem, would this claim be valid or invalid?

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