A sample of 35 different payroll departments found that employees worked an average of $240.6$ days a year. If the population standard deviation is $18.8$ days, find the $90 \%$ confidence interval for the average number of days $\mu$ worked by all employees who are paid through payroll departments.
A) $230.9

Question

A sample of 35 different payroll departments found that employees worked an average of $240.6$ days a year. If the population standard deviation is $18.8$ days, find the $90 \%$ confidence interval for the average number of days $\mu$ worked by all employees who are paid through payroll departments.
A) $230.9 < \mu < 250.3$
B) $236.8 < \mu < 244.4$
C) $232.4 < \mu < 248.8$
D) $235.4 < \mu < 245.8$

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The correct answer is D because the 90% confidence interval for the average number of days worked by all employees who are paid through payroll departments is 235.4 < μ < 245.8.

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