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Overproduction of uric acid in the body can be an indication of cell breakdown. This may be an advance indication of illness such as gout, leukemia, or lymphoma.† Over a period of months, an adult male patient has taken seven blood tests for uric acid. The mean concentration was x = 5.35 mg/dl. The distribution of uric acid in healthy adult males can be assumed to be normal, with σ = 1.93 mg/dl.

(a) Find a 95% confidence interval for the population mean concentration of uric acid in this patient's blood. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

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(b) What conditions are necessary for your calculations? (Select all that apply.)

σ is known

σ is unknown

uniform distribution of uric acid

n is large

normal distribution of uric acid

(d) Find the sample size necessary for a 95% confidence level with maximal margin of error E = 1.04 for the mean concentration of uric acid in this patient's blood. (Round your answer up to the nearest whole number.)
blood tests

3.) Total plasma volume is important in determining the required plasma component in blood replacement therapy for a person undergoing surgery. Plasma volume is influenced by the overall health and physical activity of an individual. Suppose that a random sample of 48 male firefighters are tested and that they have a plasma volume sample mean of x = 37.5 ml/kg (milliliters plasma per kilogram body weight). Assume that σ = 7.60 ml/kg for the distribution of blood plasma.

(a) Find a 99% confidence interval for the population mean blood plasma volume in male firefighters. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

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margin of error

(b) What conditions are necessary for your calculations? (Select all that apply.)

the distribution of weights is normal

the distribution of weights is uniform

σ is unknown

σ is known

n is large

(d) Find the sample size necessary for a 99% confidence level with maximal margin of error E = 3.00 for the mean plasma volume in male firefighters. (Round up to the nearest whole number.)
male firefighters

4.)

What price do farmers get for their watermelon crops? In the third week of July, a random sample of 43 farming regions gave a sample mean of x = $6.88 per 100 pounds of watermelon. Assume that σ is known to be $1.98 per 100 pounds.

(a) Find a 90% confidence interval for the population mean price (per 100 pounds) that farmers in this region get for their watermelon crop. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

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(b) Find the sample size necessary for a 90% confidence level with maximal error of estimate E = 0.43 for the mean price per 100 pounds of watermelon. (Round up to the nearest whole number.)
farming regions

(c) A farm brings 15 tons of watermelon to market. Find a 90% confidence interval for the population mean cash value of this crop. What is the margin of error? Hint: 1 ton is 2000 pounds. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

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5.)Thirty small communities in Connecticut (population near 10,000 each) gave an average of x = 138.5 reported cases of larceny per year. Assume that σ is known to be 41.5 cases per year.

(a) Find a 90% confidence interval for the population mean annual number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)

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upper limit
margin of error

(b) Find a 95% confidence interval for the population mean annual number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)

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upper limit
margin of error

(c) Find a 99% confidence interval for the population mean annual number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)

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upper limit
margin of error

6.) At wind speeds above 1000 centimeters per second (cm/sec), significant sand-moving events begin to occur. Wind speeds below 1000 cm/sec deposit sand and wind speeds above 1000 cm/sec move sand to new locations. The cyclic nature of wind and moving sand determines the shape and location of large dunes. At a test site, the prevailing direction of the wind did not change noticeably. However, the velocity did change. Sixty-five wind speed readings gave an average velocity of x = 1075 cm/sec. Based on long-term experience, σ can be assumed to be 265 cm/sec.

(a) Find a 95% confidence interval for the population mean wind speed at this site. (Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)

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