Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Confidence Intervals and Sample - 7-1 Confidence Intervals for the Mean When σ Is Known - Exercises 7-1 - Page 380: 18

Answer

$3840\lt\mu\lt4134$ 3840 dollars.

Work Step by Step

Given $n=50, \bar X=3987, \sigma=630$, at a 90% confidence, the critical z-value is $z_{\alpha/2}=1.645$ and the error of estimation can be found as $E=1.645\times\frac{630}{\sqrt {50}}=146.56$ the interval of the mean can then be found as $\bar X−E\lt\mu\lt\bar X+E$ which gives $3840\lt\mu\lt4134$ If a day care center were starting up and wanted to keep tuition low, a reasonable amount to charge would be 3840 dollars.
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