Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) is a relatively new construction material that is characterized by strong adhesive

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Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) is a relatively new construction material that is characterized by strong adhesive properties with other materials. The article "Adhesive Power of Ultra High Performance Concrete from a Thermodynamic Point of View" (J. of Materials in Civil Engr., 2012: 1050-1058) described an investigation of the intermolecular forces for UHPC connected to various substrates. The following work of adhesion measurements (in mJ/m2) for UHPC specimens adhered to steel appeared in the article:
107.1 109.5 107.4 106.8 108.1
a. Is it plausible that the given sample observations were selected from a normal distribution?
b. Calculate a two-sided 95% confidence interval for the true average work of adhesion for UHPC adhered to steel. Does the interval suggest that 107 is a plausible value for the true average work of adhesion for UHPC adhered to steel? What about 110?
c. Predict the resulting work of adhesion value resulting from a single future replication of the experiment by calculating a 95% prediction interval, and compare the width of this interval to the width of the CI from (b).
d. Calculate an interval for which you can have a high degree of confidence that at least 95% of all UHPC specimens adhered to steel will have work of adhesion values between the limits of the interval.
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