Question

Due to the heavy rains, all pallets of blocks have become wet and the weight of each block has altered. It is desired to estimate the average weight of the blocks thus wet. For this, a sample of 15 blocks is selected and the following weights are recorded in kilograms: 45.8, 43.9, 46.2, 48.5, 47.2, 45.8, 49.1, 43.9, 47.6, 42.8, 46.5, 44.9, 46.8, 45.8 and 44.6; Estimate µ, the average weight of all pallets of blocks, and determine a bound for the estimation error.

Answer 1

To find the estimated value we add all of them together then divide it by the amount of them

45.8+43.9+46.2+48.5+47.2+45.8+49.1+43.9+47.6+42.8+46.5+44.9+46.8+45.8 +44.6=689.4

now we divide it by 15 since there is 15 blocks so

689.4 divided by 15=45.96

so the average weight is 45.96