3. A large number of chicks were fed a special diet for 10 days. A random sample of 9 of these chicks is taken and the weight gained, \(x\) grams, by each chick is recorded. The results are summarised below.
$$\sum x = 181 \quad \sum x ^ { 2 } = 3913$$
You may assume that the weights gained by the chicks are normally distributed.
Calculate a 95\% confidence interval for
- the mean of the weights gained by the chicks,
- the variance of the weights gained by the chicks.
A chick which gains less than \(16 g\) has to be given extra feed.
- Using appropriate confidence limits from part (a), find the lowest estimate of the proportion of chicks that need extra feed.