A consumer protection group suspects that a particular 285-gram packages of tofu actually weighs less than 285 grams. The group took a random sample of 30 such packages and found that the mean weight and standard deviation was 278 grams and 5 grams respectively. What is the p-value for the test of hypothesis?

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A consumer protection
group suspects that a
particular 285-gram
packages of tofu actually
weighs less than 285 grams.
The group took a random
sample of 30 such packages
and found that the mean
weight and standard
deviation was 278 grams and
5 grams respectively. What is
the p-value for the test of
hypothesis?
0.005 p-value < 0.01
<
0.025 < p-value < 0.05
0.05 p-value < 0.1
O 0.01 < p-value < 0.025
O p-value < 0.005
Transcribed Image Text:A consumer protection group suspects that a particular 285-gram packages of tofu actually weighs less than 285 grams. The group took a random sample of 30 such packages and found that the mean weight and standard deviation was 278 grams and 5 grams respectively. What is the p-value for the test of hypothesis? 0.005 p-value < 0.01 < 0.025 < p-value < 0.05 0.05 p-value < 0.1 O 0.01 < p-value < 0.025 O p-value < 0.005
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