A manager wishes to build a control chart for a process. A total of five (05) samples are collected with five (05) observations within each sample. The sample means (X-bar) are; 15.36,14.61,16.36,20.28, and 15.77 respectively. Also, the corresponding ranges are; 10.79, 8.37, 2.81,8.17, and 3.31 respectively. The lower and upper control limits of the R-chart are respectively Оа. Оа. 0, 14.12 O b. None is correct О с. 0, 15.25 O c. O d. 1, 10.5 Ое. 0,13.32

A manager wishes to build a control chart for a process. A total of five (05) samples are collected with five (05) observations within each sample. The sample means (X-bar) are; 15.36,14.61,16.36,20.28, and 15.77 respectively. Also, the corresponding ranges are; 10.79, 8.37, 2.81,8.17, and 3.31 respectively. The lower and upper control limits of the R-chart are respectively Оа. Оа. 0, 14.12 O b. None is correct О с. 0, 15.25 O c. O d. 1, 10.5 Ое. 0,13.32

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