Construct an 80% confidence interval for the average quantity of water consumed at a coffee on the basis of a random sample of n=50 customers if the sample mean is 52.1 ounces and the sample standard deviation is 4 ounces.

Construct an 80% confidence interval for the average quantity of water consumed at a coffee on the basis of a random sample of n=50 customers if the sample mean is 52.1 ounces and the sample standard deviation is 4 ounces.

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