The article “Application of Surgical Navigation toTotal Hip Arthroplasty” reports that in a sample of 123 hip surgeries of a certain type, the average surgery time was 136.9 minutes with a standard deviation of 22.6 minutes.

a. Find a 95% confidence interval for the mean surgery time for this procedure.
b. Find a 99.5% confidence interval for the mean surgery time for this procedure.
c. A surgeon claims that the mean surgery time is between 133.9 and 139.9 minutes. With what level of confidence can this statement be made?
d. Approximately how many surgeries must be sampled so that a 95% confidence interval will specify the mean to within ±3 minutes?
e. Approximately how many surgeries must be sampled so that a 99% confidence interval will specify the mean to within ±3 minutes?


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Jensen Systems purchases several parts for the in­struments it makes via a fixed-price contract of $155,000 per year from a local supplier. The new president of Jensen wants to make the parts in-house through the purchase of equipment that will have a first cost of $240,000 with an esti­mated salvage value of $30,000 after 5 years. The AOC is difficult to estimate, but company engi­neers have made optimistic, most likely, and pes­simistic estimates of $70,000, $85,000, and $120,000 per year, respectively. Determine if the company should purchase the equipment under any of the operating cost scenarios. The MARR is 20% per year.

What will be an ideal response?

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A) By applying pressure only to the race that is supported securely B) Only by pressing on the inner race when the outer race is in a housing or by pushing on the outer race when the inner race is on a shaft C) By pressing on and supporting any part of the bearing that is available D) B and C above

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A. center B. chain C. visible D. cutting-plane

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