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A farmer wants to determine the mean number of eggs produced per month. A sample of...

  1. A farmer wants to determine the mean number of eggs produced per month. A sample of 20 chickens shows they produce an average of 20 eggs per month with a sample standard deviation of of 2 eggs per month. a.What is the point estimate of the population mean? b.Why is a t-distribution necessary? _________________ c.what assumption must be made to use the t-distribution? _____________________
  2. What is the value of t for a 95% confidence interval? _______________________
  3. What is the 95% confidence interval? ___________________________
  4. Is it reasonable to assume the population mean is 21 eggs? _______ & Why or why not?

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