A group of automotive engineers decided to conduct a study of its school buses and found that for 32 buses, the average stopping distance of buses traveling 50 miles per hour was 248 feet. The standard deviation of the population was 3.4 feet. Find the 99% confidence interval of the mean. a. Margin of error: b. Confidence interval: <μ<

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A group of automotive engineers decided to conduct a study of its school buses and
found that for 32 buses, the average stopping distance of buses traveling 50 miles per
hour was 248 feet. The standard deviation of the population was 3.4 feet. Find the 99%
confidence interval of the mean.
a. Margin of error:
b. Confidence interval:
<μ<
Transcribed Image Text:A group of automotive engineers decided to conduct a study of its school buses and found that for 32 buses, the average stopping distance of buses traveling 50 miles per hour was 248 feet. The standard deviation of the population was 3.4 feet. Find the 99% confidence interval of the mean. a. Margin of error: b. Confidence interval: <μ<
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