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Give it some gas! Computers in some vehicles calculate various quantities related to performance. One of these is fuel efficiency, or gas mileage, usually expressed as miles per gallon (mpg). For one vehicle equipped in this way, the miles per gallon were recorded each time the gas tank was filled and the computer was then reset.27 Here are the mpg values for a random sample of 20 of these records: 15.8 13.6 15.6 19.1 22.4 15.6 22.5 17.2 19.4 22.6 19.4 18.0 14.6 18.7 21.0 14.8 22.6 21.5 14.3 20.9 Construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the mean fuel efficiency m for this vehicle.

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Give it some gas! Computers in some vehicles calculate various quantities related to performance. One of these is fuel efficiency, or gas mileage, usually expressed as miles per gallon (mpg). For one vehicle equipped in this way, the miles per gallon were recorded each time the gas tank was filled and the computer was then reset.27 Here are the mpg values for a random sample of 20 of these records: 15.8 13.6 15.6 19.1 22.4 15.6 22.5 17.2 19.4 22.6 19.4 18.0 14.6 18.7 21.0 14.8 22.6 21.5 14.3 20.9 Construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the mean fuel efficiency m for this vehicle.

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The given table is

From the data for the n=20 samples, we will find the sample mean and standard deviation.

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