Recently, Six Single-Family Homes in San Luis Obispo County in California

question 19

Multiple Choice

Recently, six single-family homes in San Luis Obispo County in California sold at the following prices (in $1,000s) : 549,449,705,529,639,609. Find a 95% confidence interval for the mean sale price in San Luis Obispo County.

• A) [484.63, 674.37]
• B) [489.90, 670.10]
• C) [508.46, 651.54]
• D) [476.30, 683.70]

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