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Confidence Intervals · Hard problem

A random sample of 2525 exam scores has xˉ=80\bar x = 80 and s=10s = 10. Find the lower end of a 99%99\% confidence interval for the mean score, using t∗=2.797t^* = 2.797 (2424 degrees of freedom). Give your answer to the nearest hundredth.