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Do one of the following, as appropriate: (a) find the critical value z subscript alpha divided by 2 , (b) find the critical value t subscript alpha divided by 2 . 99%; nequals 17; sigma is unknown; population appears to be normally distributed.

The distribution of a sample of the outside diameters of pvc pipes approximates a symmetrical, bell-shaped distribution. the arithmetic mean is 14.0 inches, and the standard deviation is 0.1 inches. about 68% of the outside diameters lie between what two amounts?

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