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Errors made: 2, 3, 5, 3 and 5

a. How many different samples of 2 tellers are possible?
Answer: 3 different samples of 2 tellers are possible: (2,3), (2,5) and (3,5)

b. List all possible samples of size 2 and compute the mean of each.
(2,3), (2, 5), (3,5)
Samples mean
x1_bar = (2+3)/2 = 2.5
x2_bar = (2+5)/2 = 3.5
x3_bar = (3+5)/2 = 4.0

c. Compute the mean of the sample means and compare it to the population mean.
Mean of samples mean
X_bar = (x1_bar + x2_bar + x3_bar)/3 = (2.5+3.5+4.0)/3 = 10.0/3 = 3.33

Population mean,
mu = (2+3+5+3+5)/5 = 18/5 = 3.6

Comparison
X_bar - mu = 3.33 - 3.60 = -0.27

Mean of samples mean is less than population mean by 0.27.

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mean, mu = 35 hours
standard deviation, sd = 5.5 hours
sample size, n = 25

a. What can you say about the shape of the distribution of the sample mean?
The sample mean is Normal distributed, --Answer
with average value, X_bar = mu = 35 hours --Answer
and variance, V = sd^2/n = 5.5^2/25 = 1.21

b. What is the standard error of the distribution of the sample mean?
Standard error, SE = sqrt(V) = sqrt(1.21) = 1.1 --Answer

c. What proportion of the samples will have a mean useful life of more than 36 hours?
x = 36
P(X >= x) == P(Z >= (x - X_bar)/SE)
= P(Z >= (36 - 35.5)/1.1)
= P(Z >= 0.45)
= 0.5000 - 0.1736 [From N-table with upper half]
= 0.3264

Hence, 0.3264 proportion or 32.64% of the ...

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