Question 83903
A manufacturer claims that the mean lifetime, u , of its light bulbs is  53 months. The standard deviation of these lifetimes is 8 months. Seventy bulbs are selected at random, and their mean lifetime is found to be 54 months. Can we conclude, at the 0.05 level of significance, that the mean lifetime of light bulbs made by this manufacturer differs from 53 months?

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Ho: mu = 53
Ha: mu does not equal 53
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Critical values for alpha = 5% = +-1.96
Test Statistic: z(54) = (54-53)/[8/sqrt70] = 1/0.9562=1.0458
p-value is 0.2956..
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Conclusion: Since p is greater than alpha=5%, Fail to Reject Ho.
The mean lifetime is 53 months.
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Cheers,
Stan H.