how many water specimens are required in the sample?

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Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.5: Comparing Sets Of Data
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A selected sample of ?n water specimens and estimate the mean daily rate of pollution produced by a mining operation. If the EPA wants a 99% confidence interval with a margin of error of 0.8 milligram per liter (mg/L), how many water specimens are required in the sample? Assume prior knowledge indicates that pollution readings in water samples taken during a day have been approximately normally distributed with a standard deviation of 4.5 (mg/L).

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