Introductory Statistics (2nd Edition)
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Author: Robert Gould, Colleen N. Ryan
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Chapter 9, Problem 36SE
Tomatoes The weights of four randomly and independently selected bags of tomatoes labeled 5 pounds were found to be
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b. Does the interval capture
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