Provide an Appropriate Response $\$ 8.75$ With a Standard Deviation Of $\$ 1.50$

question 86

Multiple Choice

Provide an appropriate response.
-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, $\sigma$ . Assume the data are normally distributed.

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

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