1. Periodically, the county Water Department tests the drinking water of homeowners for contminants such as...

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1. Periodically, the county Water Department tests the drinkingwater of homeowners for contminants such as lead and copper. Thelead and copper levels in water specimens collected in 1998 for asample of 10 residents of a subdevelopement of the county are shownbelow.

lead (?g/L)copper (mg/L)
0.90.268
5.90.21
5.70.781
3.70.835
2.30.313
3.30.65
3.10.52
3.30.305
4.50.252
2.40.397

(a)    Construct a 99% confidence intervalfor the mean lead level in water specimans of thesubdevelopment.
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(b)    Construct a 99% confidence intervalfor the mean copper level in water specimans of thesubdevelopment.  
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2.

The scientific productivity of major world cities was thesubject of a recent study. The study determined the number ofscientific papers published between 1994 and 1997 by researchersfrom each of the 20 world cities, and is shown below.

CityNumber of papersCityNumber of papers
City 121City 1122
City 224City 1224
City 328City 1327
City 419City 1421
City 54City 1516
City 625City 1624
City 720City 1716
City 810City 1819
City 920City 1914
City 1014City 2026

Construct a 97 % confidence interval for the average number ofpapers published in major world cities.

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