document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=682177>Question 682177</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> use the confidence interval to find the margin of error and the sample mean.a biologist reports a confidence interval of(1.8,2.4)when estimating the mean height(in centimeters)of a sample of seedlings.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the sample mean is____<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the sample mean is the middle, or average, of the interval: (1.8+2.4)/2 = 1.56<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the estimated margin of error is (1/2) the width of the interval: 0.6/2 = 0.3<BR>\n" );
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