When a 99 percent confidence interval was constructed for a sample's mean body temperature of 98.2°F, your text found that the traditional value of 98.6°F
A) was in the interval
B) was not in the interval.

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If 98.6°F was not within the 99 percent confidence interval for the sample's mean body temperature of 98.2°F, it means that there is strong evidence to suggest that the true population mean body temperature may be different from the traditionally accepted value of 98.6°F, at least at the 99% confidence level.

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