An engineer wishes to determine the difference in life expectancies of two brands of batteries. Suppose the standard deviation of each brand is 4.5 hours. How large a sample (same number) of each type of battery should be taken if the engineer wishes to be 90% certain of knowing the difference in the life expectancies to within one hour?

An engineer wishes to determine the difference in life expectancies of two brands of batteries. Suppose the standard deviation of each brand is 4.5 hours. How large a sample (same number) of each type of battery should be taken if the engineer wishes to be 90% certain of knowing the difference in the life expectancies to within one hour?



(A) 10
(B) 55
(C) 110
(D) 156
(E) 202



Answer: C


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