Alpha Corporation Receives a Shipment of flOur Every Morning from Their

Multiple Choice

Alpha Corporation receives a shipment of flour every morning from their supplier. The flour is in 40
Kg bags and Alpha will reject any shipment that is more than 5% underweight. The foreman samples
35 bags with each shipment and if the bags average more than 5% underweight, the whole
Shipment is returned to the supplier. Determine the value for the standard error of the proportion.

A) 0.0368
B) 0.00095
C) 0.0014
D) 0.0471
E) 0.00386