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The Road King Tire Company in Birmingham wants to monitor the quality of the tires it manufactures. Each day the company quality-control manager takes a sample of 100 tires, tests them, and determines the number of defective tires. The results

The Road King Tire Company in Birmingham wants to monitor the quality of the tires it manufactures. Each day the company quality-control manager takes a sample of 100 tires, tests them, and determines the number of defective tires. The results of 20 samples have been recorded as follows:

The Road King Tire Company in Birmingham wants to monitor

Construct a p-chart for this process using 2( limits and describe the variation in theprocess.

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Number of Defectives 14 12 Number of Defectives 18 Sample Sample 12 10 18 14 16 18 19 20

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