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Construct the indicated confidence interval for the population mean

μ\mu

using the t-distribution.

c=0.99,x=24.7,s=4.6,n=50c = 0.99 , \overline { x } = 24.7 , s = 4.6 , n = 50

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Determine the t-value by looking in the row starting with degrees of freedom n1=501=49n-1=50-1=49 in table 5:

tc=t0.99=2.678t_{c}=t_{0.99}=2.678

The confidence interval is:

xtα/2sn to x+tα/2sn\overline{x}-t_{\alpha/2}\cdot \dfrac{s}{\sqrt{n}}\text{ to }\overline{x}+t_{\alpha/2}\cdot \dfrac{s}{\sqrt{n}}

Fill in the known values:

24.72.6784.650 to 24.7+2.6784.65024.7-2.678\cdot \dfrac{4.6}{\sqrt{50}}\text{ to }24.7+ 2.678\cdot \dfrac{4.6}{\sqrt{50}}

Simplify:

22.958 to 26.44222.958\text{ to }26.442

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