A soft-drink machine is regulated so that the amount of drink dispensed is approximately normally distributed with standard deviation equal to 0.15 deciliter. Find a 95 % confidence level for the mean of all drinks dispensed by this machine if a random sample of 36 drinks has an average content of 2.25 deciliters.

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Answer:

The 95 % confidence level for the mean of all drinks dispensed by this machine is between 2.2010 deciliters and 2.2990 deciliters.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have that to find our [tex]\alpha[/tex] level, that is the subtraction of 1 by the confidence interval divided by 2. So:

[tex]\alpha = \frac{1-0.95}{2} = 0.025[/tex]

Now, we have to find z in the Ztable as such z has a pvalue of [tex]1-\alpha[/tex].

So it is z with a pvalue of [tex]1-0.025 = 0.975[/tex], so [tex]z = 1.96[/tex]

Now, find M as such

[tex]M = z*\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}[/tex]

In which [tex]\sigma[/tex] is the standard deviation of the population and n is the size of the sample.

[tex]M = 1.96*\frac{0.15}{\sqrt{36}} = 0.049[/tex]

The lower end of the interval is the mean subtracted by M. So it is 2.25 - 0.049 = 2.2010 deciliters

The upper end of the interval is the mean added to M. So it is 2.25 + 0.049 = 2.2990 deciliters

The 95 % confidence level for the mean of all drinks dispensed by this machine is between 2.2010 deciliters and 2.2990 deciliters.