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

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Chapter 7 - Confidence Intervals and Sample - 7-2 Confidence Intervals for the Mean When σ Is Unknown - Exercises 7-2 - Page 387: 11

Answer

$13.5\lt\mu\lt15.1$ about 30 minutes

Work Step by Step

Given $n=28, \bar X=14.3, s=2.0$, at the 95% confidence and $df=27$, the critical t-value is $t_{\alpha/2}=2.05 $ (use table F) The margin of error can be found as $E=2.05\times\frac{2}{\sqrt {28}}=0.8$ Thus, the interval of the true mean can be estimated as $\bar X-E\lt\mu\lt\bar X+E$ which gives $13.5\lt\mu\lt15.1$ Since $time(T)=\frac{distance}{speed}$, we have $0.45\lt\bar T\lt0.5$ for an average speed of 30 miles per hour, and the time the manager would suggest his employees allow for the commute is about 0.5 hour or 30 minutes.
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