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Chapter 8
Chapter 8
given size in a certain area. The real estate agent believes that the standard deviation
of the property values is $ δ = 5,500.00 and that property values are approximately
$89,673.12. Give a 95% confidence interval for the average value of all properties of
this kind
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A marketing research firm wants to estimate the share that foreign companies have in the American market for certain products. A random sample of 100
consumers is obtained, and it is found that 34 people in the sample are users of foreign-made products; the rest are users of domestic products. Give a 95%
A marketing research firm wants to estimate the share that foreign companies have in the American market for certain products. A
random sample of 100 consumers is obtained, and it is found that 34 people in the sample are users of foreign-made products; the
rest are users of domestic products. Give a 95% confidence interval for the share of foreign products in this market.
Thus, the firm may be 95% confident that foreign manufacturers control
travel too frequently to use a regular athletic club, wants to estimate the proportion of
traveling business people who may be interested in the product. A random sample of
120 traveling business people indicates that 28 may be interested in purchasing the
portable fitness equipment. Give a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of