A recent survey of 50 executives who were laid off during a recent recession revealed it took a mean of 26 weeks for them to find another position. The standard deviation of the sample was 6.2 weeks. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean. (Round answers to 2 decimal places.)The confidence interval is between ___ and ___. Is it reasonable that the population mean is 28 weeks?
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