An engineer has designed a valve that will regulate water pressure on an automobile engine. The valve was tested on 170 engines and the mean pressure was 7.5 pounds/square inch (psi). Assume the population variance is 0.36. The engineer designed the valve such that it would produce a mean pressure of 7.4 psi. It is believed that the valve does not perform to the specifications. A level of significance of 0.02 will be used. Find the value of the test statistic. Round your answer to two decimal places.

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An engineer has designed a valve that will regulate water pressure on an automobile engine. The valve was tested on 170 engines and the mean pressure was 7.5 pounds/square inch (psi). Assume the population variance is 0.36. The engineer designed the valve such that it would produce a mean pressure of 7.4 psi. It is believed that the valve does not perform to the specifications. A level of significance of 0.02 will be used. Find the value of the test statistic. Round your answer to two decimal places.

 
 
 
 
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