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OpenStax, Statistics §8.1 A Single Population Mean Using the Normal Distribution · Exercise 46 · Statistics · Normal distribution

A Single Population Mean Using the Normal Distribution · Exercise 46

The average height of young adult males has a normal distribution with standard deviation of 2.5 in. You want to estimate the mean height of students at your college or university to within 1 in. with 93 percent confidence. How many male students must you measure?

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