Margin of error for the estimation

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You are curious about the average number of yards Matthew Stafford throws for each game for the Detroit Lions. You randomly select 26 games and see that the average yards per game is 271.6 with a standard deviation of 32.08 yards. You want to create a 90% confidence interval for the true average number of yards per game he throws. What is the margin of error for this estimate?

1) 10.7307

2) 1.4518

3) 10.7466

4) 8.2817

5) 6.2914

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