A Random Sample Of $n = 100$ Measurements Was Selected from a Population with Unknown Mean

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Essay

A random sample of $n = 100$ measurements was selected from a population with unknown mean $\mu$ and standard deviation $\sigma$ . Calculate a $95 \%$ confidence interval if $\bar { x } = 26$ and $s ^ { 2 } = 16$ .

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