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7 January, 01:19

A tire company guarantees that a particular brand of tire has a mean useful lifetime miles or more. A consumer testing agency sampled n = 10 tires on a test wheel that simulated conditions. The sample mean lifetimes (in thousands of miles) were as follows: 42 36 46 43 41 35 43 45 40 39 Construct a 98% CI for the mean lifetime of this particular brand of tire.

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  1. 7 January, 03:31
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    Step-by-step explanation:

    Number of sampled tyres = 10

    To determine the mean, we will divide the total number of miles by the total number of tyres.

    Mean, u = (42+36+46+43+41+35+43+45+40+39) / 10 = 410/10 = 41

    Standard deviation = √[summation (u - ub) ^2]/n

    ub = deviation from the mean, u

    Summation (u - ub) ^2] = (42-41) ^2 + (36-41) ^2 + (46-41) ^2 + (43-41) ^2 + (41-41) ^2 + (35-41) ^2 + (43-41) ^2 + (45 - 41) ^2 + (40-41) ^2 + (39-41) ^2

    = 1 + 25 + 25 + 4 + 0 + 36 + 4 + 16 + 1 + 4 = 116

    Standard deviation = √116/10 = √11.6

    = 3.41

    We want to determine a 98% confidence interval for the mean mean lifetime of a particular brand of tire.

    For a confidence level of 98%, the corresponding z value is 2.33. This is determined from the normal distribution table.

    We will apply the formula

    Confidence interval

    = mean + / - z * standard deviation/√n

    It becomes

    41 + / - 2.33 * 3.41/√10

    = 41 + / - 2.33 * 10.78

    = 41 + / - 25.11

    The lower end of the confidence interval is 41 - 25.11 = 15.89

    The upper end of the confidence interval is 41 + 25.11 = 66.11

    Therefore, with 98% confidence interval, the mean lifetime of a particular brand of tire is between 15.89 miles and 66.11 miles
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