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Chapter 8: Q.39 (page 479)

Define the random variablesX andx{"x":[[179,180,181,183,186,189,193,196,198,200,202,204,205,207,208,210,211,212,213,214,214,215,215,215,215,215,215,214,212,211,209,207,206,204,203,201,199,198,197,195,194,193,192,191],[226,225,224,221,219,218,217,215,214,213,213,212,212,211,211,211,211,211,211,212,213,214,216,217,220,223,225,227,229,232,233,235,236,238,239,240,241,242,242,243],[164,165,168,176,181,187,192,197,202,205,207,212,215,216,218,219,220,221,222]],"y":[[101,100,100,99,97,96,96,96,96,96,96,97,98,100,100,102,104,105,107,108,109,111,112,113,115,117,119,121,123,124,125,127,127,128,128,129,129,129,129,129,129,129,128,128],[88,89,90,93,95,97,98,100,101,103,104,104,105,107,108,109,110,111,113,114,114,115,116,118,119,120,121,121,121,121,121,121,121,121,120,120,120,120,119,119],[84,84,83,81,80,78,77,77,76,76,75,75,74,73,73,73,72,72,72]],"t":[[0,334,339,357,374,390,408,424,440,457,473,490,506,523,540,557,574,590,606,623,640,657,675,689,706,724,740,756,774,789,806,823,840,857,873,890,907,923,940,957,974,990,1006,1023],[2075,2299,2306,2324,2340,2356,2373,2389,2406,2423,2443,2458,2473,2490,2508,2523,2551,2590,2606,2623,2640,2656,2674,2690,2707,2723,2740,2756,2772,2789,2806,2823,2840,2856,2873,2890,2907,2956,2973,2989],[4121,4332,4340,4356,4373,4389,4406,4423,4440,4456,4473,4489,4506,4523,4539,4557,4573,4598,4656]],"version":"2.0.0"} in words.

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X-Indicates the amount of time the patients have to wait before being called back to be examined.

X炉-Denotes the sample mean.

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Given information

Given in the question that, A hospital is trying to cut down on emergency room wait times. It is interested in the amount of time patients must wait before being called back to be examined. An investigation committee randomly surveyed 70patients. The sample mean was 1.5hours with a sample standard deviation of 0.5hours.

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Explanation

The random variable Xindicates the amount of time the patients have to wait before being called back to be examined.

X炉denotes the sample mean. The average amount of time consumed waiting by the 70patients before being called back to be examined.

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In words, define the random variable X炉 .

Why would the error bound change if the confidence level were lowered to95%?

Suppose the Census needed to be 98% confident of the population mean length of time. Would the Census have to survey more people? Why or why not?

The 95% confidence interval is:__________________.

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the mean amount of time individuals waste at the courthouse waiting to be called for jury duty. The committee randomly

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