5619. A sample from a large batch of electric lamps contains 120 lamps. The average lamp life of the sampled lamps was found to be 1200 hours. Find an approximate 0.95 confidence interval for the average lamp life of the entire lot if the standard deviation of the lamp life of the lot is known to be σ=45 hours.

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