5. A sample of 40 sales receipts from a grocery store has X-bar=$137. Suppose it is known that the population standard deviation for receipts is $30.2. Use these values to test, at the 99% confidence level, whether or not the mean sales at the grocery store is different from $150.

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5. A sample of 40 sales receipts from a grocery store has X-bar=$137. Suppose it is known that the
population standard deviation for receipts is $30.2. Use these values to test, at the 99% confidence
level, whether or not the mean sales at the grocery store is different from $150.
Transcribed Image Text:5. A sample of 40 sales receipts from a grocery store has X-bar=$137. Suppose it is known that the population standard deviation for receipts is $30.2. Use these values to test, at the 99% confidence level, whether or not the mean sales at the grocery store is different from $150.
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