Step 1 :The problem is asking for a 90% confidence interval for the population mean difference in tread wear between the two brands. To calculate this, we need to use the formula for a confidence interval which is: \(\bar{x} \pm z \frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}\), where \(\bar{x}\) is the sample mean, \(z\) is the z-score corresponding to the desired confidence level (for a 90% confidence level, the z-score is approximately 1.645), \(s\) is the sample standard deviation, and \(n\) is the sample size.
Step 2 :First, we need to calculate the sample mean and the sample standard deviation of the differences. The differences are [ 0.91, -0.32, 0.01, 0.95, 0.26, 0.85, 0.8, 0.37, 0.94, 0.21, 0.1, 0, -0.39]. The sample size \(n\) is 13.
Step 3 :The sample mean \(\bar{x}\) is calculated as the sum of the differences divided by the sample size, which gives \(\bar{x} = 0.36076923076923073\).
Step 4 :The sample standard deviation \(s\) is calculated using the formula for the sample standard deviation, which gives \(s = 0.4828640515794195\).
Step 5 :Substitute these values into the formula for the confidence interval to find the lower and upper limits. The z-score \(z\) for a 90% confidence level is approximately 1.645. This gives the lower limit as \(0.14048649842542787\) and the upper limit as \(0.5810519631130335\).
Step 6 :Round these values to two decimal places to get the final answer. The lower limit of the 90% confidence interval for the population mean difference in tread wear between the two brands is \(\boxed{0.14}\) and the upper limit is \(\boxed{0.58}\).