The operations manager at a compact fluorescent light blub (CFL) factory needs to stimate the mean life of a large shopment of CFLs. The manufacturer's specifications are that the standard deviation is 1,000 hours. A random sample of 64 CFLs indicated a sample mean life of 7,500 hours. Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate for the population mean life of compact fluorescent light bulbs in this shipment. Please walk me through how to solve this problem.

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The operations manager at a compact fluorescent light blub (CFL) factory needs to stimate the mean life of a large shopment of CFLs. The manufacturer's specifications are that the standard deviation is 1,000 hours. A random sample of 64 CFLs indicated a sample mean life of 7,500 hours.


Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate for the population mean life of compact fluorescent light bulbs in this shipment.

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