A Population Has a Standard Deviation $\sigma = 18.4$ How Large a Sample Must Be Drawn So That a Large

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Multiple Choice

A population has a standard deviation $\sigma = 18.4$ How large a sample must be drawn so that a 98% confidence interval for μ will have a margin of error equal to 4.1?

• A) 192
• B) 5
• C) 109
• D) 10

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