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Construct the confidence interval for the population mean
muμ.
cequals=0.980.98 ,
x overbar equals 9.1x=9.1 ,
sigmaσequals=0.40.4 ,
and
nequals=4141
A 9898 % confidence interval for muμ is (___,___) (Round to two decimal places as needed.)
Solution :
Given that,
= 9.1
= 0.4
n = 41
At 98% confidence level the z is ,
= 1 - 98% =
1 - 0.98 = 0.02
/ 2 = 0.02 / 2 = 0.01
Z/2 = Z0.01 =
2.326
Margin of error = E = Z/2* (
/
n)
= 2.326 * (0.4 / 41)
= 0.15
At 98% confidence interval estimate of the population mean is,
- E <
<
+ E
9.1 - 0.15 < < 9.1 + 0.15
8.95 < < 9.25
(8.95 , 9.25)