Let X be the average of a sample of 16 independent normal random variables with mean 0 and variance 1....
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Let $overline{X}$ be the average of a sample of $16$ independent normal random variables with mean $0$ and variance $1$. Determine c such that
$P(| overline{X} | < c) = .5$
I am having a lot of trouble with this question. I know it is related to chi-square but I don't know how to even start.
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Let $overline{X}$ be the average of a sample of $16$ independent normal random variables with mean $0$ and variance $1$. Determine c such that
$P(| overline{X} | < c) = .5$
I am having a lot of trouble with this question. I know it is related to chi-square but I don't know how to even start.
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Why chi-square? Distribution of $bar X$ is known, which should be enough to find $c$.
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Let $overline{X}$ be the average of a sample of $16$ independent normal random variables with mean $0$ and variance $1$. Determine c such that
$P(| overline{X} | < c) = .5$
I am having a lot of trouble with this question. I know it is related to chi-square but I don't know how to even start.
statistics
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Let $overline{X}$ be the average of a sample of $16$ independent normal random variables with mean $0$ and variance $1$. Determine c such that
$P(| overline{X} | < c) = .5$
I am having a lot of trouble with this question. I know it is related to chi-square but I don't know how to even start.
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Why chi-square? Distribution of $bar X$ is known, which should be enough to find $c$.
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Why chi-square? Distribution of $bar X$ is known, which should be enough to find $c$.
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– StubbornAtom
Jan 8 at 17:38
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Why chi-square? Distribution of $bar X$ is known, which should be enough to find $c$.
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Jan 8 at 17:38
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Why chi-square? Distribution of $bar X$ is known, which should be enough to find $c$.
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If $X$ is distributed as $Xsim mathcal N(0,1)$, then $frac1n sumlimits_{i=1}^{16} X_i=overline X$ is distributed as $overline Xsim mathcal Nleft( 0, frac1{16}right)$
Now we have to evaluate how $|overline X|$ is distributed in terms of $overline X$
$P(|overline X| leq c)=P(-c leq overline X leq c)$
$=P(overline X leq c)-P(overline X leq -c)$
$=P(overline X leq c)-left[ 1-P(overline X leq c) right]$
$=2 cdot P(overline X leq c)-1=2cdot F_{overline X}(c)-1$
At the next step we standardize $overline X$ to be able to use the cdf of the standard normal distribution.
$2cdot P(overline X leq c)-1=2cdot Phileft(frac{c-0}{sqrt{frac1{16}}} right)-1=2cdot Phileft(4c right)-1=0.5$
$2cdot Phileft(4c right)=1.5$
$Phileft(4c right)=0.75$
$4c=Phi^{-1}left(0.75right)$
$Phi^{-1}left(pright)$ is the inverse function of $Phileft(zright)$
$4c=0.674Rightarrow c=0.1685$
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I am kind of lost on the step where we standardize X. Everything before that makes sense.
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– George Harrison
Jan 8 at 21:25
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@GeorgeHarrison Let $overline X sim mathcal N(mu, sigma^2)$, then $Z=frac{overline X-mu}{sigma}sim N(0,1)$. In your exercise $mu=0$ and $sigma=sqrt{frac1{16}}=frac14$.
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Jan 8 at 21:31
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I am not getting where you are getting the mean is 0 and the standard deviation is 0.25.
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– George Harrison
Jan 8 at 21:36
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In your example $P(overline Xleq c)$ is the same as $P(Zleq 4c)$ due standardizing.
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:37
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@GeorgeHarrison The expected value of the mean of n variables is the mean of the expected values. And for $n$ i.i.d random variables we have $Varleft (frac1n sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)=frac1{n^2}cdot Varleft (sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)=Varleft (sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)$ $=frac1{n^2}cdotleft(Var(X_1)+Var(X_2)+ldots+Var(X_n)right)$. Since the $X_i$´s has the same variance we get: $=frac1{n^2}cdot ncdot Var(X_1)=frac1ncdot sigma^2$
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HINT- The sum of independent normal variables also follows the normal distribution with
$$N(sum_{i=1}^n {mu_i},sum_{i=1}^n {sigma_i^2})$$
Also, if a random variable $X$ has mean $mu$ and variance $sigma^2$, then the random variable $Y=kX$ (where $k$ is a constant) has mean $kmu$ and variance $k^2sigma^2$
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If $X$ is distributed as $Xsim mathcal N(0,1)$, then $frac1n sumlimits_{i=1}^{16} X_i=overline X$ is distributed as $overline Xsim mathcal Nleft( 0, frac1{16}right)$
Now we have to evaluate how $|overline X|$ is distributed in terms of $overline X$
$P(|overline X| leq c)=P(-c leq overline X leq c)$
$=P(overline X leq c)-P(overline X leq -c)$
$=P(overline X leq c)-left[ 1-P(overline X leq c) right]$
$=2 cdot P(overline X leq c)-1=2cdot F_{overline X}(c)-1$
At the next step we standardize $overline X$ to be able to use the cdf of the standard normal distribution.
$2cdot P(overline X leq c)-1=2cdot Phileft(frac{c-0}{sqrt{frac1{16}}} right)-1=2cdot Phileft(4c right)-1=0.5$
$2cdot Phileft(4c right)=1.5$
$Phileft(4c right)=0.75$
$4c=Phi^{-1}left(0.75right)$
$Phi^{-1}left(pright)$ is the inverse function of $Phileft(zright)$
$4c=0.674Rightarrow c=0.1685$
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I am kind of lost on the step where we standardize X. Everything before that makes sense.
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– George Harrison
Jan 8 at 21:25
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@GeorgeHarrison Let $overline X sim mathcal N(mu, sigma^2)$, then $Z=frac{overline X-mu}{sigma}sim N(0,1)$. In your exercise $mu=0$ and $sigma=sqrt{frac1{16}}=frac14$.
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:31
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I am not getting where you are getting the mean is 0 and the standard deviation is 0.25.
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– George Harrison
Jan 8 at 21:36
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In your example $P(overline Xleq c)$ is the same as $P(Zleq 4c)$ due standardizing.
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:37
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@GeorgeHarrison The expected value of the mean of n variables is the mean of the expected values. And for $n$ i.i.d random variables we have $Varleft (frac1n sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)=frac1{n^2}cdot Varleft (sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)=Varleft (sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)$ $=frac1{n^2}cdotleft(Var(X_1)+Var(X_2)+ldots+Var(X_n)right)$. Since the $X_i$´s has the same variance we get: $=frac1{n^2}cdot ncdot Var(X_1)=frac1ncdot sigma^2$
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If $X$ is distributed as $Xsim mathcal N(0,1)$, then $frac1n sumlimits_{i=1}^{16} X_i=overline X$ is distributed as $overline Xsim mathcal Nleft( 0, frac1{16}right)$
Now we have to evaluate how $|overline X|$ is distributed in terms of $overline X$
$P(|overline X| leq c)=P(-c leq overline X leq c)$
$=P(overline X leq c)-P(overline X leq -c)$
$=P(overline X leq c)-left[ 1-P(overline X leq c) right]$
$=2 cdot P(overline X leq c)-1=2cdot F_{overline X}(c)-1$
At the next step we standardize $overline X$ to be able to use the cdf of the standard normal distribution.
$2cdot P(overline X leq c)-1=2cdot Phileft(frac{c-0}{sqrt{frac1{16}}} right)-1=2cdot Phileft(4c right)-1=0.5$
$2cdot Phileft(4c right)=1.5$
$Phileft(4c right)=0.75$
$4c=Phi^{-1}left(0.75right)$
$Phi^{-1}left(pright)$ is the inverse function of $Phileft(zright)$
$4c=0.674Rightarrow c=0.1685$
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I am kind of lost on the step where we standardize X. Everything before that makes sense.
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– George Harrison
Jan 8 at 21:25
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@GeorgeHarrison Let $overline X sim mathcal N(mu, sigma^2)$, then $Z=frac{overline X-mu}{sigma}sim N(0,1)$. In your exercise $mu=0$ and $sigma=sqrt{frac1{16}}=frac14$.
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:31
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I am not getting where you are getting the mean is 0 and the standard deviation is 0.25.
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– George Harrison
Jan 8 at 21:36
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In your example $P(overline Xleq c)$ is the same as $P(Zleq 4c)$ due standardizing.
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:37
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@GeorgeHarrison The expected value of the mean of n variables is the mean of the expected values. And for $n$ i.i.d random variables we have $Varleft (frac1n sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)=frac1{n^2}cdot Varleft (sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)=Varleft (sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)$ $=frac1{n^2}cdotleft(Var(X_1)+Var(X_2)+ldots+Var(X_n)right)$. Since the $X_i$´s has the same variance we get: $=frac1{n^2}cdot ncdot Var(X_1)=frac1ncdot sigma^2$
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:48
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show 3 more comments
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If $X$ is distributed as $Xsim mathcal N(0,1)$, then $frac1n sumlimits_{i=1}^{16} X_i=overline X$ is distributed as $overline Xsim mathcal Nleft( 0, frac1{16}right)$
Now we have to evaluate how $|overline X|$ is distributed in terms of $overline X$
$P(|overline X| leq c)=P(-c leq overline X leq c)$
$=P(overline X leq c)-P(overline X leq -c)$
$=P(overline X leq c)-left[ 1-P(overline X leq c) right]$
$=2 cdot P(overline X leq c)-1=2cdot F_{overline X}(c)-1$
At the next step we standardize $overline X$ to be able to use the cdf of the standard normal distribution.
$2cdot P(overline X leq c)-1=2cdot Phileft(frac{c-0}{sqrt{frac1{16}}} right)-1=2cdot Phileft(4c right)-1=0.5$
$2cdot Phileft(4c right)=1.5$
$Phileft(4c right)=0.75$
$4c=Phi^{-1}left(0.75right)$
$Phi^{-1}left(pright)$ is the inverse function of $Phileft(zright)$
$4c=0.674Rightarrow c=0.1685$
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If $X$ is distributed as $Xsim mathcal N(0,1)$, then $frac1n sumlimits_{i=1}^{16} X_i=overline X$ is distributed as $overline Xsim mathcal Nleft( 0, frac1{16}right)$
Now we have to evaluate how $|overline X|$ is distributed in terms of $overline X$
$P(|overline X| leq c)=P(-c leq overline X leq c)$
$=P(overline X leq c)-P(overline X leq -c)$
$=P(overline X leq c)-left[ 1-P(overline X leq c) right]$
$=2 cdot P(overline X leq c)-1=2cdot F_{overline X}(c)-1$
At the next step we standardize $overline X$ to be able to use the cdf of the standard normal distribution.
$2cdot P(overline X leq c)-1=2cdot Phileft(frac{c-0}{sqrt{frac1{16}}} right)-1=2cdot Phileft(4c right)-1=0.5$
$2cdot Phileft(4c right)=1.5$
$Phileft(4c right)=0.75$
$4c=Phi^{-1}left(0.75right)$
$Phi^{-1}left(pright)$ is the inverse function of $Phileft(zright)$
$4c=0.674Rightarrow c=0.1685$
answered Jan 8 at 19:06
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I am kind of lost on the step where we standardize X. Everything before that makes sense.
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– George Harrison
Jan 8 at 21:25
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@GeorgeHarrison Let $overline X sim mathcal N(mu, sigma^2)$, then $Z=frac{overline X-mu}{sigma}sim N(0,1)$. In your exercise $mu=0$ and $sigma=sqrt{frac1{16}}=frac14$.
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:31
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I am not getting where you are getting the mean is 0 and the standard deviation is 0.25.
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– George Harrison
Jan 8 at 21:36
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In your example $P(overline Xleq c)$ is the same as $P(Zleq 4c)$ due standardizing.
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:37
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@GeorgeHarrison The expected value of the mean of n variables is the mean of the expected values. And for $n$ i.i.d random variables we have $Varleft (frac1n sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)=frac1{n^2}cdot Varleft (sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)=Varleft (sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)$ $=frac1{n^2}cdotleft(Var(X_1)+Var(X_2)+ldots+Var(X_n)right)$. Since the $X_i$´s has the same variance we get: $=frac1{n^2}cdot ncdot Var(X_1)=frac1ncdot sigma^2$
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:48
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I am kind of lost on the step where we standardize X. Everything before that makes sense.
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– George Harrison
Jan 8 at 21:25
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@GeorgeHarrison Let $overline X sim mathcal N(mu, sigma^2)$, then $Z=frac{overline X-mu}{sigma}sim N(0,1)$. In your exercise $mu=0$ and $sigma=sqrt{frac1{16}}=frac14$.
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:31
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I am not getting where you are getting the mean is 0 and the standard deviation is 0.25.
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– George Harrison
Jan 8 at 21:36
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In your example $P(overline Xleq c)$ is the same as $P(Zleq 4c)$ due standardizing.
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:37
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@GeorgeHarrison The expected value of the mean of n variables is the mean of the expected values. And for $n$ i.i.d random variables we have $Varleft (frac1n sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)=frac1{n^2}cdot Varleft (sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)=Varleft (sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)$ $=frac1{n^2}cdotleft(Var(X_1)+Var(X_2)+ldots+Var(X_n)right)$. Since the $X_i$´s has the same variance we get: $=frac1{n^2}cdot ncdot Var(X_1)=frac1ncdot sigma^2$
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:48
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I am kind of lost on the step where we standardize X. Everything before that makes sense.
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– George Harrison
Jan 8 at 21:25
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I am kind of lost on the step where we standardize X. Everything before that makes sense.
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– George Harrison
Jan 8 at 21:25
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@GeorgeHarrison Let $overline X sim mathcal N(mu, sigma^2)$, then $Z=frac{overline X-mu}{sigma}sim N(0,1)$. In your exercise $mu=0$ and $sigma=sqrt{frac1{16}}=frac14$.
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:31
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@GeorgeHarrison Let $overline X sim mathcal N(mu, sigma^2)$, then $Z=frac{overline X-mu}{sigma}sim N(0,1)$. In your exercise $mu=0$ and $sigma=sqrt{frac1{16}}=frac14$.
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:31
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I am not getting where you are getting the mean is 0 and the standard deviation is 0.25.
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– George Harrison
Jan 8 at 21:36
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I am not getting where you are getting the mean is 0 and the standard deviation is 0.25.
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– George Harrison
Jan 8 at 21:36
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In your example $P(overline Xleq c)$ is the same as $P(Zleq 4c)$ due standardizing.
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:37
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In your example $P(overline Xleq c)$ is the same as $P(Zleq 4c)$ due standardizing.
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:37
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@GeorgeHarrison The expected value of the mean of n variables is the mean of the expected values. And for $n$ i.i.d random variables we have $Varleft (frac1n sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)=frac1{n^2}cdot Varleft (sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)=Varleft (sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)$ $=frac1{n^2}cdotleft(Var(X_1)+Var(X_2)+ldots+Var(X_n)right)$. Since the $X_i$´s has the same variance we get: $=frac1{n^2}cdot ncdot Var(X_1)=frac1ncdot sigma^2$
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– callculus
Jan 8 at 21:48
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@GeorgeHarrison The expected value of the mean of n variables is the mean of the expected values. And for $n$ i.i.d random variables we have $Varleft (frac1n sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)=frac1{n^2}cdot Varleft (sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)=Varleft (sumlimits_{i=1}^n X_i right)$ $=frac1{n^2}cdotleft(Var(X_1)+Var(X_2)+ldots+Var(X_n)right)$. Since the $X_i$´s has the same variance we get: $=frac1{n^2}cdot ncdot Var(X_1)=frac1ncdot sigma^2$
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– callculus
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HINT- The sum of independent normal variables also follows the normal distribution with
$$N(sum_{i=1}^n {mu_i},sum_{i=1}^n {sigma_i^2})$$
Also, if a random variable $X$ has mean $mu$ and variance $sigma^2$, then the random variable $Y=kX$ (where $k$ is a constant) has mean $kmu$ and variance $k^2sigma^2$
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HINT- The sum of independent normal variables also follows the normal distribution with
$$N(sum_{i=1}^n {mu_i},sum_{i=1}^n {sigma_i^2})$$
Also, if a random variable $X$ has mean $mu$ and variance $sigma^2$, then the random variable $Y=kX$ (where $k$ is a constant) has mean $kmu$ and variance $k^2sigma^2$
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HINT- The sum of independent normal variables also follows the normal distribution with
$$N(sum_{i=1}^n {mu_i},sum_{i=1}^n {sigma_i^2})$$
Also, if a random variable $X$ has mean $mu$ and variance $sigma^2$, then the random variable $Y=kX$ (where $k$ is a constant) has mean $kmu$ and variance $k^2sigma^2$
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HINT- The sum of independent normal variables also follows the normal distribution with
$$N(sum_{i=1}^n {mu_i},sum_{i=1}^n {sigma_i^2})$$
Also, if a random variable $X$ has mean $mu$ and variance $sigma^2$, then the random variable $Y=kX$ (where $k$ is a constant) has mean $kmu$ and variance $k^2sigma^2$
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Why chi-square? Distribution of $bar X$ is known, which should be enough to find $c$.
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