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Problem 2
7.3 Determining the Sample Size
A personal trainer wants to estimate the true average increase in chest circumference after a 12 week training program. If he wants to estimate the mean increase in circumference within a half inch using a 95% confidence interval, how many randomly chosen individuals will he need to measure? Assume the standard deviation is known to be 1.75 inches.
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