The employees of Electronics Inc. would like to have a dental plan as part of their benefits package. The question is: How much does a typical employee and his or her family spend per year on dental expenses? A sample of 44 employees reveals the mean amount spent last year was $1960, with a standard deviation of $620.

a. Construct a 98% confidence interval for the population mean. (Round the final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

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b. The information from part (a) was given to the president of Electronics Inc. He indicated he could afford $1800 of dental expenses per employee. Is it possible that the population mean could be $1800?

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