Mark each statement TRUE or FALSE. For these problems, assume that to estimate average time spent waiting at a restaurant, you sample 10 people and you get a 95% confidence interval of (5, 7) in minutes.   If you increase sample size, the width of your confidence interval increases.  If you increase confidence level, the width of your confidence interval increases.

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Mark each statement TRUE or FALSE. For these problems, assume that to estimate average time spent waiting at a restaurant, you sample 10 people and you get a 95% confidence interval of (5, 7) in minutes. 

  1.  If you increase sample size, the width of your confidence interval increases. 
  2. If you increase confidence level, the width of your confidence interval increases.
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