A research scholar wants to know how many times per hour a certain strand of virus reproduces. The mean is found to be 10.2 reproductions and the population standard deviation is known to be 2.4. If a sample of 907 was used for the study, construct the 85% confidence interval for the true mean number of reproductions per hour for the virus. Round your answers to one decimal place

The 85% confidence interval for the true mean number of reproductions per hour for the virus is between 10.1 and 10.3.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have that to find our level, that is the subtraction of 1 by the confidence interval divided by 2. So:

Now, we have to find z in the Ztable as such z has a pvalue of .

So it is z with a pvalue of , so

Now, find the margin of error M as such

In which is the standard deviation of the population and n is the size of the sample.

The lower end of the interval is the sample mean subtracted by M. So it is 10.2 - 0.1 = 10.1 reproductions per hour.

The upper end of the interval is the sample mean added to M. So it is 10.2 + 0.1 = 10.3 reproductions per hour.

The 85% confidence interval for the true mean number of reproductions per hour for the virus is between 10.1 and 10.3.

answer:   segregation violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment, which holds that no state can “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

details/explanation:

brown v. board of education of topeka, decided by the us supreme court in 1954, ruled that all americans are entitled to the same civil liberties and protections in regard to access to education. until that decision, it was legal to segregate schools according to race, so that black students could not attend the same schools as white students.   an older supreme court decision, plessy v. ferguson (1896), had said that separate, segregated public facilities were acceptable as long as the facilities offered were equal in quality.   in the case of brown v. board of education, that standard was challenged and defeated.   segregation was shown to create inequality, and the supreme court unanimously ruled segregation to be unconstitutional.

the ruling was important in advancing civil rights because it affirmed that the 14th amendment applies to all rights and privileges of citizens, including access to   education.   this was being violated by states whose laws supported the segregation of schools.   section 1 of the 14th amendment reads as follows: