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Let the sample size be n = 700. The random quantity V = (Ybar +6−θ) is...

Let the sample size be n = 700. The random quantity V = (Ybar +6−θ) is

a pivotal quantity for θ. The distribution of V is approximately normal with

mean 6.5 and variance 0.05 . Use this information to construct a 90% confidence 1200

interval for θ with equal tail probabilities.

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