Following are weights, in pounds, of two-month-old baby girls. It is reasonable to assume that the population is approximately normal. 12.32 11.87 12.34 11.48 12.66
8.51 14.13 12.95 9.34 8.63

Required:
a. Construct a interval for the mean weight of two-month-old baby girls.
b. According to the National Health Statistics Reports, the mean weight of two—month-old baby boys is 13.9 pounds. Based on the confidence interval, is it reasonable to believe that the mean weight of two-month—old baby girls may be the same as that of two-month-old baby boys? Explain.

Intersecting secant-tangent theorem states that if a tangent segment and a secant segment are drawn to a circle from an exterior point, then the square of the measure of the tangent segment is equal to the product of the measures of the secant segment and its external secant segment.so to break it down: 1. pq acts as the tangent and ps as the secant with an intersection at p.sr = 21rp = 3x + 3pq = 4x + 4following to equation: tangent squared = the two segments multiplied by each otherso (4x + 4) ^ 2 = (3x + 3) • (21) simplifies to 16x^2 - 31x - 47 = 0 or (16x - 47)(x + 1) x = -1 or x = 47/162. pq acts as the tangent and ps as the secant with an intersection at p (again! )sr = 16rp = xpq = 15(15) ^ 2 = 16 • x225 = 16xx = 225/163. the interesting chords are proportional to each other so a ratio is possible to set up: ap dp 10 3 + x = = —— = pc pb 8 xcross multiple to get 10x = (3 + x)(8)x = 12