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Construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean number of books people read.
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Transcribed Image Text:Table VI
t-Distribution
Area in Right Tail
df
0.25
0.20
0.15
0.10
0.05
0.025
0.02
0.01
0.005
0.0025
0.001
0.0005
1.376
1.061
0.978
318.309
22.327
10.215
7.173
5.893
5.208
4.785
4.501
4.297
1.963
6.314
2.920
2.353
2.132
2.015
127.321
14.089
7.453
5.598
1.000
3.078
1.886
1.638
1.533
1.476
15.894
4.849
3.482
2.999
2.757
31.821
12.706
4.303
3.182
2.776
2.571
63.657
0.816
0.765
0.741
636.619
31.599
12.924
8.610
1.386
9.925
5.841
4.604
4.032
6.965
1.250
4.541
0.941
1.190
3.747
5 0.727
0.920
1.156
3.365
4.773
6.869
4.317
4.029
3.833
3.690
3.581
5.959
0.718
0.711
0.706
0.906
0.896
0.889
0.883
1.134
1.119
1.108
1.440
1.415
1.397
1.383
1 372
1.943
1.895
1.860
1.833
1812
2.447
2.365
2.306
2.262
2.612
2.517
2.449
2.398
2359
3.143
2.998
2.896
2.821
2 764
3.707
3.499
3.355
3.250
3 160
5.408
7
5.041
8.
0.703
4.781
6.
1.100
2228
4144
4587
10 0 700.
0879
1.093
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Transcribed Image Text:A poll was conducted that asked 1010 people how many books they had read in the past year. Results indicated that x 14.3 books and s 16.6 books. Construct a
95% confidence interval for the mean number of books people read.
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Construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean number of books people read.
(Use ascending order. Round to two decimal places as needed.)
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