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The data below shows the sugar content in grams of several brands of children's and adults' cereals. Create and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the difference in the mean sugar content, [tex]\mu_C - \mu_A[/tex]. Be sure to check the necessary assumptions and conditions. (Note: Do not assume that the variances of the two data sets are equal.)

**Children's cereal:**
44.2, 57, 48.8, 42.4, 52.1, 48.1, 51.7, 40.7, 42.4, 41.2, 45.5, 44.9, 38.4, 57.8, 47.7, 51.9, 37.2, 55.3, 41.8, 32.1

**Adults' cereal:**
24.8, 25.4, 1.2, 9, 6, 4.5, 20.2, 17, 8, 13.1, 21, 9.2, 8.6, 14.4, 19.4, 14.9, 3, 16.5, 0.3, 4.9, 1.6, 7.6, 13.8, 3.5, 4.5, 4.3, 6.4, 0.5, 18.6, 9.9, 15.1, 10.4

The confidence interval is (Round to two decimal places as needed.)

**Interpret the confidence interval:**
Select the correct choice below and fill in the answer boxes to complete your choice. (Round to two decimal places as needed.)

A. Based on these samples, with 95% confidence, adult cereals average between the lower boundary of ____ and upper boundary of ____ more grams of sugar content than children's cereals.

B. Based on these samples, with 95% confidence, children's cereals average between the lower boundary of ____ and upper boundary of ____ more grams of sugar content than adult cereals.

Answer :

Option-B is correct that interval is the lower boundary of 31.99 and upper boundary of 40.59 more grams of sugar content than adult's cereals.

Given that,

We have to find the confidential interval.

We know that,

It is reasonable to presume that the populations are distributed normally.

[tex]\bar x_{C}[/tex] = 46.67, [tex]s_C[/tex] = 7.514, [tex]n_C[/tex] = 20

[tex]\bar x_{A}[/tex] = 10.38, [tex]s_A[/tex] = 7.112, [tex]n_A[/tex] = 30

DF = ([tex]\frac{s_C^2}{n_C}[/tex] + [tex]\frac{s_A^2}{n_A}[/tex])² ÷ ([tex](\frac{(\frac{s_C^2}{n_C})^2}{n_C-1}+ \frac{(\frac{s_A^2}{n_A})^2}{n_A-1})[/tex])

By substituting the values we get

DF = 39

At 95% confidence interval the critical value is [tex]t_{0.025,39}[/tex] = 2.023

The 95% confidence interval is

= [tex]\bar x_{c} - \bar x_{A} }{\pm t_{0.025, 42} \times \sqr{\frac{s_C^2}{n_C} + \frac{s_A^2}{n_A}}}[/tex]

= [tex]{(46.67 - 10.38)}\pm{- 2.023 \times \sqrt{(\frac{(7.514)^2}{20} + \frac{(7.112)^2}{30}}}[/tex]

= 36.29 ± 4.30

= 31.99, 40.59

Therefore, Option-B is correct that interval is the lower boundary of 31.99 and upper boundary of 40.59more grams of sugar content than adult's cereals.

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