You would like to construct a 99% confidence interval to estimate today's population mean temperature, so you make a series of measurements (a random sample) throughout the day. The mean of these measurements is 58.5 degrees Fahrenheit, and their standard deviation is 3.0 degrees Fahrenheit. (a) What is the best point estimate, based on the sample, to use for the population mean? ( ) degrees

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You would like to construct a 99% confidence interval to estimate today's population mean temperature, so you make a series of measurements (a random sample) throughout the day. The mean of these measurements is 
58.5 degrees Fahrenheit, and their standard deviation is 3.0 degrees Fahrenheit.

(a) What is the best point estimate, based on the sample, to use for the population mean?

 ( ) degrees

 
 
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