A sample of 87 glass sheets has a mean thickness of 4.20

Solution :

Step 1 of 3:

Let n denotes the sample of 87 glass.

Let  denotes the mean thickness is 4.20 mm and

Let s denotes the standard deviation is 0.10 mm.

From the given information we know that n=87, =4.20 mm and s=0.10 mm.

Our goal is:

a). We need to find the 98% confidence interval for the population mean thickness.

b). We need to find the level of the confidence interval (4.185,4.215).

c). We need to find how many glass sheets must be sampled so that a 98% confidence

     interval will specify the mean to within 0.015.

a).

Now we need to find the 98% confidence interval for the population mean thickness.

The formula of the confidence interval is

The 98% of confidence interval of  is

2.33.

Now we have to find the confidence interval.

We know that ,z and n values.

Substitute all the values.

Therefore, the confidence interval is 4.2249 and 4.1751.