Statistics, Books a la Carte Plus MyLab Statistics  with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (13th Edition)
Statistics, Books a la Carte Plus MyLab Statistics with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134080611
Author: James T. McClave, Terry T Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 90ACA

a.

To determine

Find values of E(x¯) and the variance of x¯.

b.

To determine

Identify which probability distribution provides the best model of the sampling distribution of x¯.

c.

To determine

Find the probability of the mean repair time x¯ that is no longer than 30 minutes.

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Statistics, Books a la Carte Plus MyLab Statistics with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (13th Edition)

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