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In 2011 the U.S. Department of Transportation reported with 95% confidence that the average length of a motor vehicle trip in the United States was 9.72 miles with a margin or error of 0.22 miles.

With 95% confidence the authors of the report are claiming that the true average length of a motor vehicle trip in the United States is between ________and_________ miles.

The level of confidence for this estimate is ________%.

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Given : The average length of a motor vehicle trip in the United States was 9.72 miles

The margin of error = 0.22 miles

Significance level :
\alpha=1-0.95=0.05

The confidence interval for population mean is given by :-


\overline{x}\pm E


9.72 \pm 0.22=(9.50,\ 9.94)

Thus , with 95% confidence the authors of the report are claiming that the true average length of a motor vehicle trip in the United States is between 9.50 miles and 9.94 miles.

The level of confidence for this estimate is 95%.

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