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A study of elephants wishes to determine the average weight of a certain type of elephant. The standard deviation of the population is 500 pounds. How many elephants need to be weighed so find we can be 95% confident to be accurate within 300 pounds?
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This solution shows how to find the appropriate sample size for the desired confidence interval.
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