A power supply company states that it has a target power supply of 119 volts.  A researcher wants to test the company’s claim so she collected data from 30 random family homes and calculated the following sample statistics: Sample Mean = 118.89 volts, s= 0.35 volts . Use a 0.01 significance level to test the claim that the mean power supply is 119 volts. 1) Identify the null and alterative hypotheses, test statistic, and P-value. Round to three decimal places

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 A power supply company states that it has a target power supply of 119 volts.  A researcher wants to test the company’s claim so she collected data from 30 random family homes and calculated the following sample statistics: Sample Mean = 118.89 volts, s= 0.35 volts . Use a 0.01 significance level to test the claim that the mean power supply is 119 volts.

1) Identify the null and alterative hypotheses, test statistic, and P-value. Round to three decimal places. 

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