Let X1, X2, ... , Xn be a random sample, normally distributed with mean μ and variance σ2 If σ2 is known, find a minimum value for n to guarantee that a 0.95 CI for μ will have length no more than σ/4

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Let X1, X2, ... , Xn be a random sample, normally distributed with mean μ and variance σ2

If σ2 is known, find a minimum value for n to guarantee that a 0.95 CI for μ will have length no more than σ/4

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