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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e §7.3 Using the Central Limit Theorem · Exercise 46 · Statistics · Sampling distributions

Using the Central Limit Theorem · Exercise 46

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Certain coins have an average weight of 5.201 grams with a standard deviation of 0.065 g. If a vending machine is designed to accept coins whose weights range from 5.111 g to 5.291 g, what is the expected number of rejected coins when 280 randomly selected coins are inserted into the machine?

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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e · §7.3 Using the Central Limit Theorem · Exercise 46

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