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Step 1:

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The standard deviation of selling prices for used two-year old Corvettes σ is $ 2517.

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98 % confidence interval of sample mean is within $ 250.

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Here margin of error E is 250.

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Z for 98 % confidence interval is 2.33.

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where Z is the Z-score for 90 % of confidence interval.

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σ is the standard deviation

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n is sample size.

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Step 2:

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Find the population mean .

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Sample size of the selling prices for used two-year old Corvettes is 550.

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Solution:

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Sample size of the selling prices for used two-year old Corvettes is 550.

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