A cell phone service provider has selected a random sample of 20 of its customers in an effort to estimate the mean number of minutes used per day. The results of the sample included a sample mean of 34.5 minutes and a sample standard deviation equal to 11.5 minutes. Based on this information, and using a 95 percent confidence level:

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Find table in the back of your statistics text labeled something like "areas under normal distribution" to find the proportion/probability (.025) and its Z score.

95% = mean ± 1.96 SEm

SEm = SD/√n
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The critical Value is t=2.093

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