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1. An elec firm manufactures light bulbs that have a length of if hati approximately emul distibated with a standard deviation of 40 hours 1.1 If sample of 30 bulbs hasan average life of 780 hours, find a 96% confidence interval forthe population mean of ll bulbs produced by this frm. 1.2 How large a sample is needa if we wish wo be 96% confident that our simple mean will, be within 10 hours ofthe true mean. 2. The heh ofa random sample of 50 collage students showed mean of 174.5 centimeters anda standard deviation of 69 centimeters. Conte 1 98% confidence interval forthe mesh height of al cllege student 3. A random stmple of 100 automobile owners in the state of Virginia shows that an automobile i deven on average 23,500 kilometers per year with standard deviation of 3,900 Iolomcters. Assume the dstibution of measurements o be approximately normal. Consust 12 99% confidence interval for the average numberof kilometers an automobile is deven annually Viva 44. Amefcincy expert wishes to determine the average time tat takes to dil three holes ‘nacenain metal clamp. How large a sample wllshe need tobe 95% confident that he sample ‘can will be within 15 seconds ofthe tue man? Assume that itis known from previous sis that o = 40 seconds 5. A random sample of 10 chocolate eneay bars of a certain brand has, on average, 230

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