How Tall Is Your Average Statistics Classmate? to Determine This,you

question 5

Multiple Choice

How tall is your average statistics classmate? To determine this,you measure the height of a random sample of 15 of your 200 fellow students,finding a mean height of 166.6 cm and a standard deviation of 5.64 cm.Construct a 90% confidence interval for the mean height of your classmates.

• A)(163.73,169.27)
• B)(164.04,169.16)
• C)(165.992,167.01)
• D)(164.02,168.98)
• E)(164.91,170.09)

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