A certain type of thread is manufactured with a mean tensile strength of 73.5 kilograms and a standard deviation of 4.8 kilograms. How is the variance of the sample mean changed when the sample size is (a) increased from 64 to 900? (b) decreased from 256 to 36? (a) The sample variance from for n = 64 to for n=900. (Type integers or decimal increases

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Section13.2: Expected Value And Variance Of Continuous Random Variables
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A certain type of thread is manufactured with a mean tensile strength of 73.5 kilograms and a standard deviation of
4.8 kilograms. How is the variance of the sample mean changed when the sample size is
(a) increased from 64 to 900?
(b) decreased from 256 to 36?
(a) The sample variance
from
for n = 64 to
for n = 900.
(Type integers or decimal
increases
decreases
Transcribed Image Text:A certain type of thread is manufactured with a mean tensile strength of 73.5 kilograms and a standard deviation of 4.8 kilograms. How is the variance of the sample mean changed when the sample size is (a) increased from 64 to 900? (b) decreased from 256 to 36? (a) The sample variance from for n = 64 to for n = 900. (Type integers or decimal increases decreases
A certain type of thread is manufactured with a mean tensile strength of 73.5 kilograms and a standard deviation of
4.8 kilograms. How is the variance of the sample mean changed when the sample size is
(a) increased from 64 to 900?
(b) decreased from 256 to 36?
(a) The sample variance
from
for n = 64 to
for n = 900.
(Type integers or decimals. Do not round.)
kg
kg²
Transcribed Image Text:A certain type of thread is manufactured with a mean tensile strength of 73.5 kilograms and a standard deviation of 4.8 kilograms. How is the variance of the sample mean changed when the sample size is (a) increased from 64 to 900? (b) decreased from 256 to 36? (a) The sample variance from for n = 64 to for n = 900. (Type integers or decimals. Do not round.) kg kg²
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