The number of pups in wolf dens of the southwestern United States is recorded below for 16 wolf dens.
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5
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8
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7
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5
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3
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4
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3
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9
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5
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8
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5
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6
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5
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6
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4
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7
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(a) Use a calculator with mean and standard deviation keys to verify that the sample mean is x = 5.63 pups with the sample standard deviation s = 1.78 pups.
(b) Find a 75% confidence interval for the population mean number of wolf pups per den in the southwestern United States.