A snack company advertises that bags of pretzels produced by the comp…

Question

Prompt

A snack company advertises that bags of pretzels produced by the company weigh, on average,

1 pound

each. To test this, Sam selected at random

40

bags of pretzels produced by the company and weighed each bag. Based on his measurements, Sam estimated that for all bags of pretzels produced by the company, the average weight per bag is

1.05 pounds

, with a margin of error of

0.06 pounds

. For all bags of pretzels produced by the company, which of the following is the most appropriate conclusion about the average weight

w

, in pounds, per bag?

0.99 \leq w \leq 1.05

w = 1.05

1.05 \leq w \leq 1.11

0.99 \leq w \leq 1.11