A pharmaceutical company makes tranquilizers. It is assumed that the distribution for the length of time they last is approximately normal. Researchers in a hospital used the drug on a random sample of 9 patients. The effective period of the tranquilizer for each patient (in hours) was as follows: 2.6; 2.8; 3.0; 2.3; 2.3; 2.2; 2.8; 2.1; and 2.4. NOTE: If you are using a Student's t-distribution, you may assume that the underlying population is normally distributed. (In general, you must first prove that assumption, though.) (i) Round your answer to two decimal places. x =   (rounded to two decimal places)

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A pharmaceutical company makes tranquilizers. It is assumed that the distribution for the length of time they last is approximately normal. Researchers in a hospital used the drug on a random sample of 9 patients. The effective period of the tranquilizer for each patient (in hours) was as follows: 2.6; 2.8; 3.0; 2.3; 2.3; 2.2; 2.8; 2.1; and 2.4.

NOTE: If you are using a Student's t-distribution, you may assume that the underlying population is normally distributed. (In general, you must first prove that assumption, though.)

(i) Round your answer to two decimal places.

x = 

 (rounded to two decimal places)

(ii) Round your answer to two decimal places.

sx = 

 (rounded to two decimal places)

(iii) Enter an exact number as an integer, fraction, or decimal.

n = 



(iv) Enter an exact number as an integer, fraction, or decimal.

n − 1 = 
 
Which distribution should you use for this problem? (Enter your answer in the form z or tdf where df is the degrees of freedom.)
 
 
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