11. a. The manufacturers are interested in estimating the percentage of defective light bulbs coming from a certain process.   They want a 90% confidence interval with a margin of error of 2%.   How many light bulbs must they test? Choices: (a)   50   (b) 500   (c) 800   (d)   2000  (e) 3000 11. b. Same question as in the previous problem, but assume they had a reason to believe the proportion is fairly close to 6%.    How large a sample must they test? Choices: (a)   50   (b) 500   (c) 800   (d)   2000  (e) 3000

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11. a. The manufacturers are interested in estimating the percentage of defective light bulbs
coming from a certain process.   They want a 90% confidence interval with a margin of error of 2%.  
How many light bulbs must they test?
Choices:
(a)   50   (b) 500   (c) 800   (d)   2000  (e) 3000
11. b. Same question as in the previous problem, but assume they had a reason to believe the proportion is fairly close to 6%.    How large a sample must they test?
Choices:
(a)   50   (b) 500   (c) 800   (d)   2000  (e) 3000

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