The owner of Britten’s Egg Farm wants to estimate the mean number of eggs produced per chicken. A sample of 17 chickens shows they produced an average of 24 eggs per month with a standard deviation of 4 eggs per month. (Use t Distribution Table.)

a-2.	What is the best estimate of this value?

c.	For a 98% confidence interval, what is the value of t? (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

d.	Develop the 98% confidence interval for the population mean. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Confidence interval_______________to ______________________