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The advertising department of a nationally circulated magazine wishes to estimate the mean age of its subscribers within 0.5 year with 90% confidence. If they estimate that the standard deviation of the ages of their subscribers is about 5 years, what is the minimum size of the sample they must take: Group of answer choicesa. 17 b. 165 c. 45 d. 271 e. 13

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Answer: Option 'd' is correct.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Margin of error = 0.5 years

Standard deviation = 5

At 90% confidence, z = 1.645

We need to find the minimum size of the sample they must take.

So,


n=((z\sigma)/(E))^2\\\\n=((1.645* 5)/(0.5))^2\\\\n=270.6\\\\n\approx 271

Hence, Option 'd' is correct.

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