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Compute the probability that a weekly sample will result in a shutdown of production if the production process is working properly and to comment on GGG management’s policy for deciding when to shut down production of Go Bananas.
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Suggest an appropriate number of boxes in the weekly sample that must fail to meet the standard weight of banana flavored marshmallows in order to shut down the production if the goal is to be achieved.
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Find the level to which Ms. Finkel have to reduce the percentage of 16-ounce boxes of Go Bananas that fail to meet the standard weight of banana flavored marshmallows when the process is working properly in order to reduce the probability that at least five of the sampled boxes fail to meet the standard of 0.01 or less.
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