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In 1882, Albert Michelson collected measurements on the speed of light ("Student t-distribution," 2013). His measurements...

In 1882, Albert Michelson collected measurements on the speed of light ("Student t-distribution," 2013). His measurements are given in table #8.3.7. Find the speed of light value that Michelson estimated from his data using a 95% confidence interval.

299883

299816

299778

299796

299682

299711

299611

299599

300051

299781

299578

299796

299774

299820

299772

299696

299573

299748

299748

299797

299851

299809

299723

  

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