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Q57Section C (Section C)57 of 60

Sample size for a fixed-width interval

Let X1,X2,…,XnX_{1},X_{2},…,X_{n} be a random sample of size nn (n>1)(n>1) from a N(μ,1)N(\mu,1) distribution, where μ∈R\mu\in\mathbb{R} is an unknown parameter. If Xˉ=1n∑i=1nXi\bar{X}=\dfrac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^{n}X_{i}, then the minimum value of nn such that P(2Xˉ−1<2μ<2Xˉ+1)≥0.99P(2\bar{X}-1<2\mu<2\bar{X}+1)\ge 0.99 equals __________ (in integer) [You may use Φ(2.58)=0.9951\Phi(2.58)=0.9951, Φ(2.48)=0.9934\Phi(2.48)=0.9934]

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