Suppose the forester in Exercise 7.11 would like the sample mean to be within 1 square inch of the population mean, with probability .90. How many trees must he measure in order to ensure this degree of accuracy?
7.11 A forester studying the effects of fertilization on certain pine forests in the Southeast is interested in estimating the average basal area of pine trees. In studying basal areas of similar trees for many years, he has discovered that these measurements (in square inches) are
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