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Question5) "A survey asked 1500 American citizens whether they had suffered from food poisoning in the past year. There were 227 survey participants who responded "Yes". Determine a 95\% confidence interval for the probability that a randomly-chosen American has suffered from food poisoning in the past year." 6) "In a sample of 100 members at a certain gym, these members exercised on average 4.2 hours per week with a standard deviation of 0.8 hours. Write a 99%99 \% confidence interval for the amount of exercise hours per week for members at this gym." 7) "A professor believes that the average cost of a textbook is $175\$ 175. She samples 50 textbooks and determines the average price of those books to be $180\$ 180 with a standard deviation of $40\$ 40. Test her hypothesis at a confidence level of 90%90 \%."

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We're **95% confident** that between **13.33%** and **16.93%** of Americans experienced food poisoning last year.

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