Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

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Chapter 6 - The Normal Distribution - 6-3 The Central Limit Theorem - Extending the Concepts - Page 354: 30

Answer

$n=400$

Work Step by Step

To cut the standard error in half for Exercise 29, we have $\frac{15}{\sqrt n}=\frac{1.5}{2}$ thus we obtain $n=400$
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