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The number of flaws per square yard in a type of carpet material varies with mean 1.6flaws per square yard and standard deviation flaws per square yard.

a. Without doing any calculations, explain which event is more likely:

  • randomly selecting a1square yard of material and finding 2 or more flaws
  • randomly selecting 50square yards of material and finding an average of 2or more flaws

b. Explain why you cannot use a Normal distribution to calculate the probability of the first event in part (a).

c. Calculate the probability of the second event in part (a).

Short Answer

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a. Choosing one square yard of material at random and discovering two or more defects

b. The population distribution's shape is uncertain, and the sample size is limited.

c. The resultant probability of part(a) is 0.81%

Step by step solution

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Part (a) Step 1: Given Information

The number of flaws per square yard in a type of carpet material varies with mean 1.6 flaws per square yard and standard deviation 1.2 flaws per square yard.

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Part (a) Step 2: According to the given question

The population standard deviation divided by the square root of sample size equals the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample mean.

σx¯=σn

As a result, the standard deviation lowers as the sample size grows, and the data values become closer to the predicted value as the sample size grows.

As a result, when the sample size is bigger, you are less likely to find a mean of two or more flaws, and when the sample size is less, you are more likely to find a mean of two or more flaws.

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Part (b) Step 1: Given Information

The number of flaws per square yard in a type of carpet material varies with mean1.6 flaws per square yard and standard deviation 1.2 flaws per square yard.

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Part (b) Step 2: According to the given question

Consider ,n=1

The center limit theorem states that if the sample size is more than 30, the sampling distribution of the sample mean x¯is approximately normal.

The central limit theorem cannot be applied since the sample size of 1 is less than 30. The sample mean sampling distribution has the same shape as the population distribution in this example.

Although the population distribution is unknown, the form of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is also unknown, which means that the probability cannot be calculated.

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Part (c) Step 1: Given Information

The number of flaws per square yard in a type of carpet material varies with mean 1.6 flaws per square yard and standard deviation1.2flaws per square yard.

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Part (c) Step 2: According to the given question

Consider that ,

μ=16σ=1.2n=50x¯=2

The following concept was used:

z=x−μx¯σx¯
z=x−μx¯σx¯

z-score is localid="1657630095652" z=x-μx¯σx¯=x¯-μσ/n=2-1.61.250=2.36

The z-two score's found expressions must then be equal:

localid="1657629821949" P(Z<2.36)is given in the row starting with.01and in the column starting with .06of the standard normal probability table

localid="1657629877918" P(X¯≥2)=P(Z>2.36)=1−P(Z<2.36)=1−0.9209=0.0081=0.81%

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