Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
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Author: Ronald E. Walpole, Raymond H. Myers, Sharon L. Myers, Keying Ye
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Find the probability that a sample mean X¯ would fall in the interval from μX¯−1.9σX¯ to μX¯−0.4σX¯.

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