How many packs should the inspector sample in order to be 99% confident that the sample mean will differ by at most 0.2kg?

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Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.3: Measures Of Spread
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Polokwane Butchery supplies Vienna sausages in the entire of KZN province .An inspector from the CCSA has been sceptical of the mass of vienna sausage packs after recieving numerous complaints.He wants to investigate the marked mass shown of vienna sausages.A pilot study showed a mean of 11.8kg per pack and a variance of 0.49kg. How many packs should the inspector sample in order to be 99% confident that the sample mean will differ by at most 0.2kg?

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