Do you want to own your own candy store? Wow! With some interest in running your own business and a decent credit rating, you can probably get a bank loan on startup costs for franchises such as Candy Express, The Fudge Company, Karmel Corn, and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. Startup costs (in thousands of dollars) for a random sample of candy stores are given below. Assume that the population of x values has an approximately normal distribution.

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It seems like you are interested in knowing about the startup costs for various candy stores. To answer your question, I will need more specific information on the startup costs for each candy store you mentioned, which is the missing part of your statement.

However, I can explain how you can find the answer to your question yourself. Here are the steps you can follow:

1. Start by gathering information about the startup costs for each candy store you mentioned (Candy Express, The Fudge Company, Karmel Corn, and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory). You can do this by visiting their websites, contacting their franchise departments, or researching online.

2. Once you have the startup costs for each candy store, organize them in a list or a table.

3. To find the population mean of the startup costs, add up all the costs and divide by the total number of candy stores. This will give you an estimate of the average startup cost across all candy stores.

4. To assess the normal distribution assumption, you can create a histogram or a box plot of the startup costs. If the distribution is approximately symmetrical and bell-shaped, it suggests that it follows a normal distribution.

5. If the distribution is approximately normal, you can then calculate the population standard deviation, which is a measure of how spread out the startup costs are from the mean.

Once you have completed these steps, you can use the information gathered to answer questions about the individual startup costs for each candy store or compare them to make informed decisions about your own candy store venture.

If you have any further questions or need clarification on any step, please let me know!