Tuesday, January 31, 2017

random variables - How many students would have to take the exam to ensure with probability at least .9 that the class average would be within 5 of 75?

I'm having trouble solving this problem:




From past experience, a professor knows that the test score of a

student taking her final examination is a random variable with mean
75.
How many students would have to take the examination to ensure with
probability at least .9 that the class average would be within 5 of
75? Use the central limit theorem.



The professor knows that the variance of a student's test score is 25.




I'm not entirely sure on how to solve this problem.




Right now this is what I have:



We know: μ=75 and σ2=25.



This is what I set up (by defn C.L.T): P(X1++Xnn755n.9n755n)=1P(X1++Xnn755n>.9n755n)



I'm not sure how to solve for n. Thanks.

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