Hamburger Meat The meat department ofa local supermarket chain packages ground beefusing

Chapter 8, Problem 35

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Hamburger Meat The meat department ofa local supermarket chain packages ground beefusing meat trays of two sizes: one designed to holdapproximately 1 pound of meat, and one that holdsapproximately 3 pounds. A random sample of 35 packagesin the smaller meat trays produced weight measurementswith an average of 1.01 pounds and astandard deviation of .18 pound.a. Construct a 99% confidence interval for the averageweight of all packages sold in the smaller meattrays by this supermarket chain.b. What does the phrase 99% confident mean?c. Suppose that the quality control department of thissupermarket chain intends that the amount ofground beef in the smaller trays should be 1 poundon average. Should the confidence interval in part aconcern the quality control department? Explain.

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