Beer makers use a Brix refractometer to measure the sucrose content in a sucrose
ID: 3297233 • Letter: B
Question
Beer makers use a Brix refractometer to measure the sucrose content in a sucrose and water solution. One degree Brix is 1 gram of sucrose in 100 grams of solution. A private brewer makes eight Brix measurements on a recent batch.
a) What is the population? all brix solutions
b) What is the sample size? a recent batch (with eight brix measurements)
c) The sample measurements are not identical. Why? measurement error, recording error, differences in environmental conditions, etc.
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Solution:-
a) The population is all brix solutions.
b) The sample size is a recent batch (with eight brix measurements).
c) The sample measurements are not identical beacsue of measurement error, recording error, differences in environmental conditions, etc.