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In a survey, 32 people were asked how much they spent on their child's last birthday gift. The results were roughly bell-shaped with a mean of $32 and standard deviation of $11. Construct a confidence interval at a 90% confidence level.
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Interpret your confidence interval in the context of this problem.
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