a. What is the process standard deviation () for the distribution of candy cane lengths? b. Is

Question:

a. What is the process standard deviation (ï³) for the of candy cane lengths?
b. Is the manufacturing process capable of producing candy canes within the specified tolerance range? Compute Cp and Cpk indices to justify your answer.

d. What percentage of candy canes would you estimate are too long? What percentage of canes is too short?

i. If the change in average goes uncorrected, how will the percentage of candy canes that are too long or too short be affected?
ii. What is the probability that this shift in average will be detected on the first sample taken after the change has occurred?

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