Confidence interval for the average number of pages


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Q: A manufacturer would like to estimate the average number of copies that can be made from a single bottle of toner. A random sample of 20 bottles was selected for this experiment. For the 20 bottles of toner the average number of pages was 1535 with a standard deviation of 50 pages.

a) Compute the 95% confidence interval for the average number of pages that can be made from a single bottle of toner. Interpret this interval.

b) How many bottles should be sampled in order to be 95% confident of being within 20 pages of the population mean number of pages per bottle?

 

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