A research scientist wants to know how many times per hour a certain strand of bacteria reproduces. He wants to construct the 95
% confidence interval with a maximum error of 0.09 reproductions per hour. Assuming that the mean is 6.6 reproductions and the variance is known to be 4.84, what is the minimum sample size required for the estimate? Round your answer up to the next integer.
You want to make calculating easy and to do this, you multiply write out 18 out of 20 like a fraction, 18/20, and multiply both the numerator and the denominator by 5 because 20*5 = 100. 18*5 = 90. 90/100 is the same thing as 90%. Hope this helps!