Problem 7-13 In an initial survey designed to estimate the percentage of time air-express cargo loaders are idle, an analyst found that loaders were idle in 5 of the 45 observations. a. What is the estimated percentage of idle time? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) Estimated percentage of idle time % b. Based on the initial results, approximately how many observations would you require to estimate the actual percentage of idle time to within 4 percent with a confidence of 95 percent? (Round your z value to 2 decimal places. Do not round any other Intermediate calculations. Round UP your final answer to the next whole number.) Number of observations

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Problem 7-13
In an initial survey designed to estimate the percentage of time air-express cargo loaders are idle, an analyst found that loaders were
idle in 5 of the 45 observations.
a. What is the estimated percentage of idle time? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)
Estimated percentage of idle time
%
b. Based on the initial results, approximately how many observations would you require to estimate the actual percentage of idle time
to within 4 percent with a confidence of 95 percent? (Round your z value to 2 decimal places. Do not round any other Intermediate
calculations. Round UP your final answer to the next whole number.)
Number of observations
Transcribed Image Text:Problem 7-13 In an initial survey designed to estimate the percentage of time air-express cargo loaders are idle, an analyst found that loaders were idle in 5 of the 45 observations. a. What is the estimated percentage of idle time? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) Estimated percentage of idle time % b. Based on the initial results, approximately how many observations would you require to estimate the actual percentage of idle time to within 4 percent with a confidence of 95 percent? (Round your z value to 2 decimal places. Do not round any other Intermediate calculations. Round UP your final answer to the next whole number.) Number of observations
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