A health inspector from the Food and Drug Administration was tasked with oversight of a pharmaceutical company in their development of a new medication. He used a 99% confidence interval to estimate the true mean amount of propionic acid in each 800 mg pill. Propionic acid is an important ingredient in several medications, including ibuprofen. His confidence interval was (3.2 mg, 6.5 mg). Which one of the following is the best interpretation of this confidence interval?
