You measure the lifetime of a random sample of 64 tires of a certain brand. The sample mean is  = 50 months. Suppose that the lifetimes for tires of this brand follow a Normal distribution, with unknown mean  and standard deviation  = 3.79 months A 99% confidence interval for  is:   a. 40.2 to 59.8.   b. 48.39 to 51.61.   c. 48.78 to 51.22.   d. 49.8 to 50.2

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Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.3: Measures Of Spread
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You measure the lifetime of a random sample of 64 tires of a certain brand. The sample mean is  = 50 months. Suppose that the lifetimes for tires of this brand follow a Normal distribution, with unknown mean  and standard deviation  = 3.79 months A 99% confidence interval for  is:
  a.
40.2 to 59.8.
  b.
48.39 to 51.61.
  c.
48.78 to 51.22.
  d.
49.8 to 50.2.
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