Question

The owner of Britten’s Egg Farm wants to estimate the mean number of eggs produced per chicken. A sample of 19 chickens shows they produced an average of 24 eggs per month with a standard deviation of 4 eggs per month. (Use t Distribution Table.)

1. a-1. What is the value of the population mean?

• It is unknown.

• 24

• 4

1. a-2. What is the best estimate of this value?

3. For a 90% confidence interval, what is the value of t? (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

4. Develop the 90% confidence interval for the population mean. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

1. e-1. Would it be reasonable to conclude that the population mean is 15 eggs?

• No

• Yes

1. e-2. What about 18 eggs?

• Yes

• No

Answer 1

1. a-1. Option: It is unknown.

a-2: Sample mean=24