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Exercise 8-31 Algo The monthly closing stock prices (rounded to the nearest dollar) for Panera Bread Co. for the first six months of 2010 are reported in the following table. [You may find it useful to reference the t table.] Months Closing Stock Price January 145 February 144 March 149 April 146 May 150 June 140 Source: http://finance.yahoo.com.
a. Calculate the sample mean and the sample standard deviation. (Round intermediate calculations to at least 4 decimal places and "Sample mean" and "Sample standard deviation" to 2 decimal places.)
b. Calculate the 90% confidence interval for the mean stock price of Panera Bread Co., assuming that the stock price is normally distributed. (Round "t" value to 3 decimal places and final answers to 2 decimal places.)