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44. The amount of lateral expansion (mils) was determined for a sample of n = 9 pulsed-power gas metal arc welds used in LNG ship containment tanks. The resulting sample standard deviation was s = 2.81 mils. Assuming normality, derive a 95% CI for σ and for σ^2.

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Use the 2 (chi-squared) distribution for the confidence interval for the variance

The confidence interval (C.I.) includes the area under the curve in ...

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