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The yield of a chemical process is being studied. From previous experience, yield is known to be normally distributed and . The past five days of plant operation have resulted in the following percent yields: 91.6, 88.75, 90.8, 89.95, and 91.3. Find a 95% two-sided confidence interval on the true mean yield.

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QUESTION:

The yield of a chemical process is being studied. From previous experience, yield is known to be normally distributed and . The past five days of plant operation have resulted in the following percent yields: 91.6, 88.75, 90.8, 89.95, and 91.3. Find a 95% two-sided confidence interval on the true mean yield.

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Step 1 of 2

Given,

The standard deviation,

CI = 95%

Sample size, n = 5.

For a sample mean, , of a random sample of size n from a normal population with known variance , a  Confidence Interval on  is given by,

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