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Listed below are speeds (mi/h) measured from traffic on a busy highway. This simple random sample was obtained at 3:30 P.M. on a weekday. Use the sample data to construct
a 90% confidence interval estimate of the population standard deviation.
65,64,64,56,64,53,61,60,61,68,60,66
The confidence interval estimate is
__mi/h<σ<__mi/h.
(Round to one decimal place as needed.)
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