document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1194298>Question 1194298</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A trucking firm suspects that the average lifetime of 25,000 miles claimed for certain tires is too high.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To test the claim, the firm puts a random sample of 40 of these tires on its trucks and later finds that their mean lifetime is 4, 421 miles and the standard deviation is 1,349 miles. What can it conclude at the 0.01 level of significance?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Formula 𝑧 = 𝑥̅ − 𝜇𝑜 𝜎/√𝑛 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Hypotheses:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "H0: mu = 25,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "H1: mu < 25,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The claim is in the alternate hypothesis. The inequality sign here tells us we have a left-tailed test.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n = 40 = sample size<BR>\n" );
document.write( "xbar = 4421 = sample mean<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 1349 = sample standard deviation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Compute the z score<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z = (xbar - mu)/( s/sqrt(n) )<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z = (4421 - 25000)/( 1349/sqrt(40) )<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z = -96.4811148533804\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We get an extremely small z value<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Usually the z scores are between -3 and 3, so we can use a Z table to find the p-value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have a feeling there's a typo in one of the numbers given. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 4421 seems a bit too small.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Did you mean to say something like 44210 perhaps? \r<BR>\n" );
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