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 388: 16

Answer

$38.4\lt\mu\lt44.8$

Work Step by Step

Given $n=24, \bar X=41.6, s=7.5$, at a 95% confidence and $df=23$, the critical t-value is $t_{\alpha/2}=2.07 $ (use table F) The margin of error can be found as $E=2.07\times\frac{7.5}{\sqrt {24}}=3.2$ Thus, the interval of the true mean can be estimated as $\bar X-E\lt\mu\lt\bar X+E$ which gives $38.4\lt\mu\lt44.8$
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