A farmer wants to predict the average number of apples produced bythe trees in his orchard. He samples 6 trees and finds they produce an average of348.7 apples with a standard deviation of 58.2 apples. If the data is normallydistributed, find the 98% confidence interval for the average number of apples hisorchard produces. a. [193.3, 404.1] b. [277.5, 419.9] c. [274.0, 423.4] d. [268.7, 428.7]

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A farmer wants to predict the average number of apples produced by
the trees in his orchard. He samples 6 trees and finds they produce an average of
348.7 apples with a standard deviation of 58.2 apples. If the data is normally
distributed, find the 98% confidence interval for the average number of apples his
orchard produces.

a. [193.3, 404.1]

b. [277.5, 419.9]

c. [274.0, 423.4]

d. [268.7, 428.7]

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