A simple random sample with n30 provided a sample mean of 22
Solution
Note that
Margin of Error E = z(alpha/2) * s / sqrt(n)
Lower Bound = X - z(alpha/2) * s / sqrt(n)
Upper Bound = X + z(alpha/2) * s / sqrt(n)
where
alpha/2 = (1 - confidence level)/2 = 0.01
X = sample mean = 22.5
z(alpha/2) = critical z for the confidence interval = 2.326347874
s = sample standard deviation = 4.4
n = sample size = 30
Thus,
Margin of Error E = 1.868816704
Lower bound = 20.6311833
Upper bound = 24.3688167
Thus, the confidence interval is
( 20.6311833 , 24.3688167 ) [answer]
