14) How much does a sleeping bag cost? Let's say you want a sleeping bag that should keep you warm in temperatures from 20F to 45F. A random sample of prices ($) for sleeping bags in this temperature range is given below. Assume that the population of x values has an approximately normal distribution.

60 60 120 60 40 75 30 23 100 110 105 95 105 60 110 120 95 90 60 70

(a) Use a calculator with mean and sample standard deviation keys to find the sample mean price x and sample standard deviation s. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

x = $

s = $

(b) Using the given data as representative of the population of prices of all summer sleeping bags, find a 90% confidence interval for the mean price of all summer sleeping bags. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

lower limit $

upper limit $

15) Do you want to own your own candy store? Wow! With some interest in running your own business and a decent credit rating, you can probably get a bank loan on startup costs for franchises such as Candy Express, The Fudge Company, Karmel Corn, and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. Startup costs (in thousands of dollars) for a random sample of candy stores are given below. Assume that the population of x values has an approximately normal distribution.

97 170 130 92 75 94 116 100 85

(a) Use a calculator with mean and sample standard deviation keys to find the sample mean startup cost x and sample standard deviation s. (Round your answers to one decimal place.)

x = thousand dollars

s = thousand dollars

(b) Find a 90% confidence interval for the population average startup costs for candy store franchises. (Round your answers to one decimal place.)

lower limit thousand dollars

upper limit thousand dollars

16)Over the past several months, an adult patient has been treated for tetany (severe muscle spasms). This condition is associated with an average total calcium level below 6 mg/dl. Recently, the patient's total calcium tests gave the following readings (in mg/dl). Assume that the population of x values has an approximately normal distribution.

9.3 9.2 10.1 8.9 9.4 9.8 10.0 9.9 11.2 12.1

(a) Use a calculator with mean and sample standard deviation keys to find the sample mean reading x and the sample standard deviation s. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

x = mg/dl

s = mg/dl

(b) Find a 99.9% confidence interval for the population mean of total calcium in this patient's blood. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

lower limit mg/dl

upper limit mg/dl