Previous record has indicated that the breaking strength of cables used in textile industries is normally distributed with a known variance of 25KN/m². A random sample of ten cables is tested resulting in the following yields: 250 225 190 188 210 210 198 230 233 231 Construct a 98% confidence interval on the true average breaking strength.

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Section13.2: Expected Value And Variance Of Continuous Random Variables
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Previous record has indicated that the breaking strength of cables used in textile industries is
normally distributed with a known variance of 25KN/m². A random sample of ten cables is
tested resulting in the following yields:
250
225
190
188 210 210
198
230
233
231
Construct a 98% confidence interval on the true average breaking strength.
Transcribed Image Text:Previous record has indicated that the breaking strength of cables used in textile industries is normally distributed with a known variance of 25KN/m². A random sample of ten cables is tested resulting in the following yields: 250 225 190 188 210 210 198 230 233 231 Construct a 98% confidence interval on the true average breaking strength.
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