7. Professor Acerhead, a respected professor of Materials Science, was hired by the
Steel Institute to test the sheer modulus of steel manufactured using two slightly
different processes. Initially ten tests were carried out under strict conditions. However,
due to some unforeseen circumstances, one result had to be discarded. The remaining
results of these tests were as follows (Note: The results are in GPa)
Process B
Sample size
Sample Mean
Sample Standard deviation
Process A
nA = 10
mA = 80.1
sA = 1.0
nB = 9
mB = 79.8
sB = 1.2
(a) Find the 95% confidence limits of the ratio Ļβ/ĻĪ· where Ļα and 68 are the true
standard deviations of the measurements obtained with process A and process B
respectively. State any assumptions you need to make.