A Local Company Makes a Candy That Is Supposed to Weigh

question 43

Multiple Choice

A local company makes a candy that is supposed to weigh 1.00 ounces. A random sample of 25 pieces of candy produces a mean of .996 ounces with a standard deviation of .004 ounces. Construct a 98 percent confidence interval for the mean weight of all such candy.

• A) [.9645, 1.0275]
• B) [.9956, .9964]
• C) [.9860, 1.0060]
• D) [.9940, .9980]
• E) [.9942, .9978]

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