A Coffee House Owner Knows That Customers Pour Different Amounts $12.5 \pm 2.228 \left( \frac { 0.5 } { \sqrt { 10 } } \right)$

question 55

Multiple Choice

A coffee house owner knows that customers pour different amounts of coffee into their cups. She
Samples cups from 10 costumers she believes to be representative of the customers and weighs the
Cups, finding a mean of 12.5 ounces and standard deviation of 0.5 ounces. Assuming these cups of
Coffee can be considered a random sample of all cups of coffee which of the following formulas
Gives a 95% confidence interval for the mean weight of all cups of coffee?

• A) \(12.5 \pm 2.228 \left( \frac { 0.5 } { \sqrt { 10 } } \right)\)
• B) \(12.5 \pm 2.262 \left( \frac { 0.5 } { \sqrt { 10 } } \right)\)
• C) \(12.5 \pm 2.228 \left( \frac { 0.5 } { \sqrt { 9 } } \right)\)
• D) \(12.5 \pm 2.262 \left( \frac { 0.5 } { \sqrt { 9 } } \right)\)
• E) \(12.5 \pm 1.969 \left( \frac { 0.5 } { \sqrt { 10 } } \right)\)