Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Inferences Based on Two Samples - Exercises 9.1 - 9.29 - Applying the Concepts - Basic - Page 424: 9.14d

Answer

1 - α = 1 - 0.01 = 0.99 Using Table-IV, we have: $z_α/2 = 2.575$ E = 2.575 . $\sqrt {((45.5)^{2}/41 + (16.34)^{2}/49)}$ = 2.575 . $\sqrt { 2070.25/41 + 266.9956/49}$ = 19.24 The confidence interval will be: (104.23 - 62,24) - 19.24 = 22.7494 (104.23 - 62,24) + 19.24 = 61.2306

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