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mart [117]
3 years ago
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In a study to compare two different corrosion inhibitors, specimens of stainless steel were immersed for four hours in a solutio

n containing sulfuric acid and a corrosion inhibitor. Forty-seven specimens in the presence of inhibitor A had a mean weight loss of 242 mg and a standard deviation of 20 mg, and 42 specimens in the presence of inhibitor B had a mean weight loss of 220 mg and a standard deviation of 31 mg. Find a 95% confidence interval for the difference in m
Mathematics
1 answer:
liraira [26]3 years ago
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Answer:

(242-220) -1.988 \sqrt{\frac{20^2}{47} +\frac{31^2}{42}} = 10.862

(242-220) +1.988 \sqrt{\frac{20^2}{47} +\frac{31^2}{42}} = 33.138

And the confidence interval for the difference of means is given by:

10.862 \leq \mu_A -\mu_B \leq 33.138

Step-by-step explanation:

Previous concepts

A confidence interval is "a range of values that’s likely to include a population value with a certain degree of confidence. It is often expressed a % whereby a population means lies between an upper and lower interval".

The margin of error is the range of values below and above the sample statistic in a confidence interval.

Normal distribution, is a "probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean".

Data given and notation

\bar X_{A}=242 represent the mean for the sample A

\bar X_{B}=220 represent the mean for the sample B

s_{A}=20 represent the sample standard deviation for the sample A

s_{B}=31 represent the sample standard deviation for the sample B

n_{A}=47 sample size selected A

n_{B}=42 sample size selected B

\alpha=0.05 represent the significance level

Confidence =0.95 or 95%

Solution to the problem

For this case the confidence interval for the difference of means \mu_A -\mu_B is given by:

(\bar X_A -\bar X_B) \pm t_{\alpha/2} \sqrt{\frac{s^2_{A}}{n_{A}}+\frac{s^2_{B}}{n_{B}}}

The degrees of freedom are given by:

df = n_A +n_B -2= 47+42-2=87

Since the Confidence is 0.95 or 95%, the value of \alpha=0.05 and \alpha/2 =0.025, and we can use excel, a calculator or a table to find the critical value. The excel command would be: "=-T.INV(0.025,87)".And we see that t_{\alpha/2}=1.988

And the confidence interval would be given by

(242-220) -1.988 \sqrt{\frac{20^2}{47} +\frac{31^2}{42}} = 10.862

(242-220) +1.988 \sqrt{\frac{20^2}{47} +\frac{31^2}{42}} = 33.138

And the confidence interval for the difference of means is given by:

10.862 \leq \mu_A -\mu_B \leq 33.138

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