The Wind Mountain archaeological site is located in southwestern New Mexico. Wind Mountain was home to an ancient culture of prehistoric Native Americans called Anasazi. A random sample of excavations at Wind Mountain gave the following depths (in centimeters) from present-day surface grade to the location of significant archaeological artifactst. 85 45 120 80 75 55 65 60 65 95 90 70 75 65 68 (a) Use a calculator with mean and sample standard deviation keys to find the sample mean x and sample standard deviation s. (Round your answers to one decimal place.) cm cm (b) Compute a 98% confidence interval for the mean depth u at which archaeological artifacts from the Wind Mountain excavation site can be found. (Round your answers to one decimal place.) lower limit cm upper limit cm

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The Wind Mountain archaeological site is located in southwestern New Mexico. Wind Mountain was home to an ancient culture of prehistoric Native Americans called Anasazi. A random
sample of excavations at Wind Mountain gave the following depths (in centimeters) from present-day surface grade to the location of significant archaeological artifactst.
85 45 120 80 75 55 65 60
65 95
90 70 75 65 68
(a) Use a calculator with mean and sample standard deviation keys to find the sample mean x and sample standard deviation s. (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
cm
cm
(b) Compute a 98% confidence interval for the mean depth u at which archaeological artifacts from the Wind Mountain excavation site can be found. (Round your answers to one
decimal place.)
lower limit
cm
upper limit
cm
Transcribed Image Text:The Wind Mountain archaeological site is located in southwestern New Mexico. Wind Mountain was home to an ancient culture of prehistoric Native Americans called Anasazi. A random sample of excavations at Wind Mountain gave the following depths (in centimeters) from present-day surface grade to the location of significant archaeological artifactst. 85 45 120 80 75 55 65 60 65 95 90 70 75 65 68 (a) Use a calculator with mean and sample standard deviation keys to find the sample mean x and sample standard deviation s. (Round your answers to one decimal place.) cm cm (b) Compute a 98% confidence interval for the mean depth u at which archaeological artifacts from the Wind Mountain excavation site can be found. (Round your answers to one decimal place.) lower limit cm upper limit cm
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