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The data represent a sample of the number of home fires started by candles for the past several years. (Data are from the National Fire Protection Association.) Find the 99% confidence interval for the mean number of home fires started by candles each year. Round your answer to one decimal place. (You are allowed to use a class calculator or graphing calculator to find the mean and standard deviation.)
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