Answer: hello below is the complete question
How many adults must be randomly selected to estimate the mean FICO (credit rating) score of working adults in a country? We want 90% confidence that the sample mean is within 4 points of the population mean, and the population standard deviation is 66. Round up to the nearest whole number
answer : 737 adults
Step-by-step explanation:
confidence interval = 90% = 0.9
( E ) = 4
standard deviation = 66
first we have to calculate the value of a
a = 1 - confidence interval
= 1 - 0.9 = 0.10 hence a / 2 = 0.05
next find the value of Z a/2 from table
Z[tex]_{0.05}[/tex] = 1.645
The number of Adults selected can be determined using this relation
N = [tex](Z_{a/2} * (s/E))^2[/tex]
= [tex](Z_{0.05} * ( 66/4))^2[/tex]
= 737
