document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=835614>Question 835614</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A market gardener is preparing a report for her seed supplier. She wants to include<BR>\n" );
document.write( "information about the mean weight of pumpkins she grows. A 95% confidence interval for<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the mean weight when 40 pumpkins are sampled gives 4.71kg &#61500;&#61549; &#61500; 5.93kg .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i) What is the mean weight of the 40 pumpkins?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ii) What is the margin of error in this confidence interval? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "i) What is the mean weight of the 40 pumpkins?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mean = (5.93+4.71)/2 = 5.32<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ii) What is the margin of error in this confidence interval?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ME = (5.93-4.71)/2 = 0.61<BR>\n" );
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