According to the Local Real Estate Board, the Average Number

question 2

Multiple Choice

According to the local real estate board, the average number of days that homes stay on the market before selling is 78.4, with a standard deviation equal to 11 days. A prospective seller selected a random sample of 36 homes from the multiple listing service. Above what value for the sample mean should 95 percent of all possible sample means fall?

• A) about 75.4 days
• B) about 81.4 days
• C) about 96.5 days
• D) about 60.3 days
• E) about 79.3 days

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