In each of the following situations, state the most

Chapter 6, Problem 9E

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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.

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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:

\mu

ANSWER:

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The null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis state the opposite of each other.

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