onfidence Interval - Population Mean - Sample Size We would like to construct a 90% confidence interval estimate of the amount spent by customers for lunch at a major restaurant. What is the minimum sample size needed to estimate this population mean with a margin of error no larger than 1 dollar? Based on past studies the population standard deviation is known with = 6 dollars.     43     59     60     98

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Confidence Interval - Population Mean - Sample Size
We would like to construct a 90% confidence interval estimate of the amount spent by customers for lunch at a major restaurant. What is the minimum sample size needed to estimate this population mean with a margin of error no larger than 1 dollar? Based on past studies the population standard deviation is known with = 6 dollars.

   

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59

   

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98

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