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A 95% confidence interval for a population mean was reported to be 152 to 160. The margin of error is:

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✅ Correct Option: 2

A confidence interval is centred at the sample mean, here 156, and the margin of error is half its width: 160−1522=4\frac{160-152}{2}=4.

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