he method of tree-ring dating gave the following years A.D. for an archaeological excavation site. Assume that the population ofxvalues has an approximately normal distribution.

1,292

1,243

1,299

1,201

1,268

1,316

1,275

1,317

1,275

(a)Use a calculator with mean and standard deviation keys to find the sample mean yearxand sample standard deviations. (Round your answers to four decimal places.)

x

= A.D.s= yr(b)Find a 90% confidence interval for the mean of all tree-ring dates from this archaeological site. (Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)lower limit A.D. upper limit A.D.