Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321911216
Author: Ron Larson, Betsy Farber
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6.1, Problem 13E
In Exercises 13–16, find the margin of error for the values of c, σ, and n.
13. c = 0.95, σ = 5.2, n = 30
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