A paint manufacturer uses a machine to fill gallon cans with paint. The manufacturers wants to estimate the mean volume of paint the machine is putting in the cans within 0.25 ounces. determine the minimum sample size required to construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean. Assume the population standard deviation is 0.85 ounces.

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A paint manufacturer uses a machine to fill gallon cans with paint. The manufacturers wants to estimate the mean volume of paint the machine is putting in the cans within 0.25 ounces. determine the minimum sample size required to construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean. Assume the population standard deviation is 0.85 ounces.
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