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In each of the following situations, state the most
Chapter 6, Problem 9E(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
In each of the following situations, state the most appropriate null hypothesis regarding the population mean \(\mu).
A new type of battery will be installed in heart pacemakers if it can be shown to have a mean life- time greater than eight years. A new material for manufacturing tires will be used if it can be shown that the mean lifetime of tires will be more than 60,000 miles. A quality control inspector will recalibrate a flow meter if the mean flow rate differs from 10 mL/s.
Equation transcription:
Text transcription:
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Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
In each of the following situations, state the most appropriate null hypothesis regarding the population mean \(\mu).
A new type of battery will be installed in heart pacemakers if it can be shown to have a mean life- time greater than eight years. A new material for manufacturing tires will be used if it can be shown that the mean lifetime of tires will be more than 60,000 miles. A quality control inspector will recalibrate a flow meter if the mean flow rate differs from 10 mL/s.
Equation transcription:
Text transcription:
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ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
The null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis state the opposite of each other.