The gas mileage for a certain model of car is known to have a standard deviation of 6 mi/gallon. A simple random sample of 36 cars of this model is chosen and found to have a mean gas mileage of 28.4 mi/gallon. Construct a 99% confidence interval for the mean gas mileage for this car model.

The gas mileage for a certain model of car is known to have a standard deviation of 6 mi/gallon. A simple random sample of 36 cars of this model is chosen and found to have a mean gas mileage of 28.4 mi/gallon. Construct a 99% confidence interval for the mean gas mileage for this car model.

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

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