Question

A candy company fills a package of candy with individually wrapped pieces of candy. The number of pieces of candy per package varies because the package is sold by weight. The company wants to estimate the number of pieces per package. Inspectors randomly sample 120 packages of this candy and count the number of pieces in each package. They find that the sample mean number of pieces is 18.72. Assume the population standard deviation of .8735. What is the point estimate of number of pieces per package

Answer 1

Answer:

The point estimate for the number of pieces per package is of 18.72.

Step-by-step explanation:

Point estimate of a population mean:

The mean of the sample gives an estimate for the population mean.

They find that the sample mean number of pieces is 18.72.

This means that the point estimate for the number of pieces per package is of 18.72.