You are told that a 95% confidence interval for the population mean is 17.3 to 24.5. If the population standard deviation is 18.2, the sample must be at least 99 observations. Is it true or false?   True  False

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You are told that a 95% confidence interval for the population mean is 17.3 to 24.5. If the population standard deviation is 18.2, the sample must be at least 99 observations. Is it true or false? 

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