PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

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Instruction: Solve the following problems WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION

1) Noise levels at various area urban hospitals were measured in decibels. The
mean of the noise levels in 84 corridors was 61.2 decibels, and the standard
deviation of the population was 7.9.
a) The best Point estimate 61.2
b) The 95% confidence interval of the population mean.59.5<u<62.9

2) A sample of six college wrestlers had an average weight of 276 pounds with a
sample standard deviation of 12 pounds. Find the 90% confidence interval of the
true mean weight of all college wrestlers.

3) A sample poll of 100 voters chosen at random from all voters in a given district
indicate that 55% of them were in favor of a particular candidate. Find the 99%
confidence interval for the proportion of all voters in favor of this candidate.
0.55<p<0.13