The Owner of a Large Shopping Center Is Besieged with Complaints

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Multiple Choice

The owner of a large shopping center is besieged with complaints concerning the shortage of parking space.He feels that the 1000 spaces are adequate.In an effort to address the problem,he obtains a sample of the average number of cars on the parking lot during prime hours.The sample of 40 has a mean of 952.Assume a population standard deviation of 396.The 95% confidence interval estimate for prime hour parking is:

• A) 889.36 to 932.60.
• B) 932.60 to 971.40.
• C) 829.28 to 1074.72.
• D) 849.00 to 1054.99.
• E) 952.00 to 1052.00.

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