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CAPE Applied Mathematics Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2 · Question 5(a)

Module 3: Analysing and Interpreting Data.

A random sample of 55 sweets was found to have a mean mass of 0.93 g and a standard deviation of 0.10 g. Determine an approximate 99% confidence interval for the mean mass of the sweets.

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