The following are the volumes, in deciliters, of 10 cans of pineapple juice, distributed by a certain company: 46.4, 46.1, 45.8, 47.0, 46.1, 45.9, 45.8, 46.9, 45.2, and 46.0. Find a 95% confidence interval for the variance of all such cans of pineapple juice distributed by this company, assuming volume to be a normally distributed variable. The company claims that on the average these  cans contain 46 deciliters of pineapple juice. Is this claim valid?

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The following are the volumes, in deciliters, of 10 cans of pineapple juice, distributed by a certain company: 46.4, 46.1, 45.8, 47.0, 46.1, 45.9, 45.8, 46.9, 45.2, and 46.0. Find a 95% confidence interval for the variance of all such cans of pineapple juice distributed by this company, assuming volume to be a normally distributed variable. The company claims that on the average these 
cans contain 46 deciliters of pineapple juice. Is this claim valid?

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