A hypothesis test is to be performed. Determine the null and alternate hypotheses and test statistics. In  1995 , the average duration of long-distance telephone calls originating in one town was  7.7  minutes. A long-distance telephone company wants to perform a hypothesis test to determine whether the average duration of long-distance phone calls has changed from the  1995  mean of  7.7  minutes.

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A hypothesis test is to be performed. Determine the null and alternate hypotheses and test statistics.

In 

1995

, the average duration of long-distance telephone calls originating in one town was 

7.7

 minutes. A long-distance telephone company wants to perform a hypothesis test to determine whether the average duration of long-distance phone calls has changed from the 

1995

 mean of 

7.7

 minutes.

 

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