The gold content of an ore is being measured. The results of these analyses are:  Content (ppt) 20.065 19.999 21.054 20.533 20.088 20.112 What is the average value, standard deviation and confidence interval for this set of data?

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The gold content of an ore is being measured. The results of these analyses are: 

Content (ppt)

20.065

19.999

21.054

20.533

20.088

20.112

What is the average value, standard deviation and confidence interval for this set of data?
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Using your results calculate the %accuracy and %precision (relative standard deviation) if the true value is 20.045%.

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