Use the Following Information to Answer Questions (11)-(13)

question 19

Essay

Use the following information to answer questions (11)-(13). According to the website www.costofwedding.com, the
average cost of catering a wedding (with an open bar) is $100 per person. Recently, in a random sample of 40
weddings in the U. S. it was found that the average catering cost was $110, with a standard deviation of $12. On the
basis of this, a 95% confidence interval for the mean catering cost for a wedding is $106 to $114.
-Explain whether the confidence interval provides evidence that the mean catering cost of a wedding has increased. Be specific about the reasoning of using the confidence interval.

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