document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1117349>Question 1117349</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello! I have a problem that I'm a little confused on and I calculated the first part. However, I'm getting confused on the second because I am not sure what it is asking me or if I am doing this problem correctly. I will be so thankful if I could have some feedback on my work and any help is welcomed and appreciated. Thank you so much! See, I already did the problem but there is one thing that is kind of confusing me. Here's the problem:	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A scientific experiment found that the average weight of adult male emperor penguins is 74 pounds with a margin of error of 25 pounds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a)	What is a confidence interval for the average weight of adult male emperor penguins?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here is my answer:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I know confidence interval is (sample statistic-margin of error)  and (sample statistic+margin of error)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So I did this: (74-25)=49<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                (74+25)=99\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then it asks me this:	If we found a flock of male emperor penguins that had an average weight of 51 pounds would this be unusual? Why or why not?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I checked the confidence interval and it looks like it wouldn't be unusual. That's the part that is really tricking me. I'm not sure if that's correct.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you so much! This really helps me a lot! \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #732406 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=732406\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  I have a problem that I'm a little confused on and I calculated the first part. However, I'm getting confused on the second because I am not sure what it is asking me or if I am doing this problem correctly. I will be so thankful if I could have some feedback on my work and any help is welcomed and appreciated. Thank you so much! See, I already did the problem but there is one thing that is kind of confusing me. Here's the problem:	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A scientific experiment found that the average weight of adult male emperor penguins is 74 pounds with a margin of error of 25 pounds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a)	What is a confidence interval for the average weight of adult male emperor penguins? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here is my answer:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I know confidence interval is (sample statistic-margin of error) and (sample statistic+margin of error) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So I did this: (74-25)=49<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(74+25)=99 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then it asks me this:	If we found a flock of male emperor penguins that had an average weight of 51 pounds would this be unusual? Why or why not? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I checked the confidence interval and it looks like it wouldn't be unusual. That's the part that is really tricking me. I'm not sure if that's correct.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have the right interval:: 49 < u < 99 with some unknown level of confidence.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have that level of confidence that the mean is in that interval.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "51 is there so it's not that unusual.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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