8 Cooking gas tanks were randomly weighed. Find the 99% confidence intervals for the standard deviation of these weights. A.)0.7873 ≤ σ ≤ 0.8736 B.)0.1856 ≤ σ ≤ 0.8400 C.)0.4893 ≤ σ ≤ 0.9028

8 Cooking gas tanks were randomly weighed. Find the 99% confidence intervals for the standard deviation of these weights. A.)0.7873 ≤ σ ≤ 0.8736 B.)0.1856 ≤ σ ≤ 0.8400 C.)0.4893 ≤ σ ≤ 0.9028

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8 Cooking gas tanks were randomly weighed. Find the 99% confidence intervals for the standard deviation of these weights.

A.)0.7873 ≤ σ ≤ 0.8736

B.)0.1856 ≤ σ ≤ 0.8400

C.)0.4893 ≤ σ ≤ 0.9028

Weight of randomly
selected Cooking gas
tank
11.00
11.50
11.20
11.70
11.30
11.80
11.30
11.90

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