Question

A newspaper article states with 95% confidence that 55% to 65% of all high school students in the united states claim that they could get a hand gun if they wanted one. this confidence interval is based on a poll of 2000 high school students in detroit. how would you interpret the confidence interval from this newspaper article?

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of high school students in detroit that can get a gun if they wanted one is between 1100 and1300

Explanation:

Lower limit = 55% of 2000 = 0.55 × 2000 = 1100

Upper limit = 65% of 2000 = 0.65 × 2000 = 1300

Range of students in detroit that can get a gun if they wanted is between 1100 and 1300