document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=753348>Question 753348</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A biologist reports a confidence interval of (3.1, 4.5) when estimating the mean height (in centimeters) of a sample of seedlings.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The estimated margin of error is?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sample mean is?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The estimated margin of error is?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*ME = (4.5-3.1) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "ME = 1.4/2 = 0.7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sample mean is?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sample mean = (4.5+3.1)/2 = 7.6/2 = 3.8<BR>\n" );
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