Given that the population standard deviation is o = 1, determine the minimum sample size needed in order to estimate the population mean so that the margin of error is E = .2 at 95% level of confidence.

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Given that the population standard deviation is o = 1, determine the minimum sample
size needed in order to estimate the population mean so that the margin of error is
E = .2 at 95% level of confidence.
Transcribed Image Text:Given that the population standard deviation is o = 1, determine the minimum sample size needed in order to estimate the population mean so that the margin of error is E = .2 at 95% level of confidence.
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