A bank manager wants to know the mean amount of mortgage paid per month by homeowners in an area. A random sample of 119 homeowners selected from this area showed that they pay an average of $ 1572 per month for their mortgages. The population standard deviation of such mortgages is $ 218 .     a. Find a 97 % confidence interval for the mean amount of mortgage paid per month by all homeowners in this area. Round your answers to two decimal places. Enter your answer; confidence interval, lower bound to Enter your answer; confidence interval, upper bound dollars                                 b. Suppose the confidence interval obtained in part a is too wide. Select all of the ways the width of this interval can be reduced. Lowering the sample size Increasing the sample size Lowering the confidence level Increasing the confidence level

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A bank manager wants to know the mean amount of mortgage paid per month by homeowners in an area. A random sample of 119 homeowners selected from this area showed that they pay an average of $ 1572 per month for their mortgages. The population standard deviation of such mortgages is $ 218 .
 
 

a. Find a 97 % confidence interval for the mean amount of mortgage paid per month by all homeowners in this area.

Round your answers to two decimal places.

Enter your answer; confidence interval, lower bound to Enter your answer; confidence interval, upper bound dollars

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

b. Suppose the confidence interval obtained in part a is too wide. Select all of the ways the width of this interval can be reduced.


Lowering the sample size
Increasing the sample size
Lowering the confidence level
Increasing the confidence level
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