A camp director is interested in the mean number of letters each child sends during his or her camp session. The population standard deviation is known to be 2.5. A survey of 20 campers is taken. The mean from the sample is 7.9 with a sample standard deviation of 2.8.

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A camp director is interested in the mean number of letters each child sends during his or her camp session. The population standard deviation is known to be 2.5. A survey of 20 campers is taken. The mean from the sample is 7.9 with a sample standard deviation of 2.8.

(b). Define the random variables X and Xbar  in words.

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(c). What distribution should be used for this problem? Explain your choice.

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(d). Construct a 90% confidence interval for the population mean number of letters campers sent home and interpret your results in the context of the question.

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(e). What will happen to the margin of error and confidence interval if 500 campers are surveyed? and why?

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