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The grade point averages for 10 randomly selected junior college students are listed below. Assume the grade
point averages are normally distributed. Find a 98% confidence interval for the true mean.
2.0 3.2 1.8 2.9 0.9 4.0 3.3 2.9 3.6 0.8
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(1.55, 3.53)
(2.12, 3.14)
(3.11, 4.35)
(0.67, 1.81)
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