Scores on the Math Section of the SAT Are Believed

question 53

Multiple Choice

Scores on the math section of the SAT are believed to be Normally distributed.The scores of a simple random sample of five students who recently took the exam are 550,620,710,520,and 480.What is a 95% confidence interval for ,the population mean score on the math section of the SAT?

• A)(456.7,695.3)
• B)(463.4,688.6)
• C)(480.8,671.2)
• D)(496.5,655.5)

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