In six packages of “The Flintstones® Real Fruit Snacks” there were five Bam-Bam snack pieces. The total number of snack pieces in the six bags was 68.We wish to calculate a 96%confidence interval for the population proportion of Bam-Bam snack pieces.

a. Define the random variables XandPin words.

b. Which distribution should you use for this problem? Explain your choice

c. Calculatep.

d. Construct a 96%confidence interval for the population proportion of Bam-Bam snack pieces per bag.

i. State the confidence interval.

ii. Sketch the graph.

iii. Calculate the error bound.

e. Do you think that six packages of fruit snacks yield enough data to give accurate results? Why or why not?

Short Answer

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(a) The sample of 68snack pieces for the proportion of Bam-Bam pieces is P',and the bag of snacks for the proportion of Bam-Bam snacks is X.

(b) From this we use normal distribution NPpqn.

(c) After calculate we get, p'=0.0735.

(d) The final result

1. we getCI=(0.00853,0.13853)

2.

3. Error bond mean EBM=0.0554.

(e) Almost certainly not.

Step by step solution

01

Explanation (a)

The sample of 68snack pieces for the proportion of Bam-Bam pieces is P', and the bag of snacks for the proportion of Bam-Bam snacks isX.

02

Explanation (b)

The problem is solved using the normal distribution. As we all know, the sample size for the population's standard deviation is greater than 30, and the distribution isNP,pqn.

03

Explanation (c)

In this we calculate p

By using formula

p'=5total number of smack pieces

by Computing,

p'=568

p'=0.0735.

04

Explanation (d)

i. The confidence interval should be stated.

The confidence interval's output,

n=58

CI=(0.00853,0.13853)

ii. The graph is as follows:

iii. The formula is used to compute the error bound.

EBM=zα2p'q'n

EBM=20.0420.0735×0.926568

localid="1651847585804" EBM=0.0554

05

Explanation (e)

Do you believe that six packages of fruit snacks will provide enough data to provide accurate results, It's unlikely, because the samples were obtained using a basic random sample.

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