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Question
In a certain bottling industry the quality control inspector recorded the weight of each of the 5 bottles selected at random during each hour of four hours in the morning.
| Time | Weight in ml | ||||
| 8:00 AM | 43 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 41 |
| 9:00 AM | 40 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 44 |
| 10:00 AM | 42 | 42 | 43 | 38 | 40 |
| 11:00 AM | 39 | 43 | 40 | 39 | 42 |
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Solution
| Time | Weight in ml | `bar"X"` | R | ||||
| 8:00 AM | 43 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 41 | 42 | 2 |
| 9:00 AM | 40 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 44 | 40.4 | 5 |
| 10:00 AM | 42 | 42 | 43 | 38 | 40 | 41 | 5 |
| 11:00 AM | 39 | 43 | 40 | 39 | 42 | 40.6 | 4 |
| Total | 164 | 16 | |||||
The control limits for `bar"X"` chart is
`\overset{==}{"X"} = (sumbar"X")/"Number of samples" = 164/4` = 41
`bar"R" = 16/4` = 4
UCL = `\overset{==}{"X"} - "A"_2 bar"R"`
= 41 + (0.58)(4)
41 + 2.32 = 43.32
CL = `\overset{==}{"X"}` = 41
LCL = `\overset{==}{"X"} - "A"_2 bar"R"`
= 41 – (0.58)(4)
= 41 – 2.32
= 38.68
The control limits for range chart is
UCL = `"D"_4 bar"R"` = 2.115(4)
= 8.46
CL = `bar"R"` = 4
LCL = `"D"_2 bar"R"` = 0(4) = 0
Conclusion: Since all the points of sample mean and Range are within the control limits, the process is in control.
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| `bar"X"` | 15 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| R | 7 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 5 |
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| 1 | 32 | 36 | 42 |
| 2 | 28 | 32 | 40 |
| 3 | 39 | 52 | 28 |
| 4 | 50 | 42 | 31 |
| 5 | 42 | 45 | 34 |
| 6 | 50 | 29 | 21 |
| 7 | 44 | 52 | 35 |
| 8 | 22 | 35 | 44 |
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| Mean | 11.2 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 10.0 |
| Range | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
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| Sample Mean | 1080 | 1390 | 1460 | 1380 | 1230 | 1370 |
| Sample Range | 410 | 670 | 180 | 320 | 690 | 450 |
| Sample No | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Sample Mean | 1310 | 1630 | 1580 | 1510 | 1270 | 1200 |
| Sample Range | 380 | 350 | 270 | 660 | 440 | 310 |
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