A Student Randomly Selects 10 Paperbacks at a Store

question 65

Multiple Choice

A student randomly selects 10 paperbacks at a store. The mean price is $8.75 with a standard deviation of $1.50.Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population standard deviation, σ. Assume the data are normallydistributed.

• A) ($1.03, $2.74)
• B) ($0.43, $1.32)
• C) ($1.43, $2.70)
• D) ($1.76, $3.10)

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