Grandma Gertrude's Chocolates, a Family Owned Business, Has an Opportunity

question 23

Multiple Choice

Grandma Gertrude's Chocolates, a family owned business, has an opportunity to supply its product for distribution through a large coffee house chain. However, the
Coffee house chain has certain specifications regarding cacao content as it wishes to
Advertise the health benefits (antioxidants) of the chocolate products it sells. In order to
Determine the mean % cacao in its dark chocolate products, quality inspectors sample 36
Pieces. They find a sample mean of 55% with a standard deviation of 4%. The correct
Value of t* to construct a 90% confidence interval for the true mean % cacao is

• A) 2.797
• B) 1.711
• C) 1.690
• D) 2.030
• E) 1.318

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