An ink cartridge for a laser printer is advertised to print an average of 10,000 pages. A random sample of eight businesses that have recently bought this cartridge are asked to report the number of pages printed by a single cartridge. The results are shown.                   9771          9811          9885          9914    9975    10,079 10,145 10,214 Assume that the data belong to a normal population. Test the null hypothesis that the mean number of pages is 10,000 against the alternative hypothesis μ ≠ 10,000. Use α = .10.

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An ink cartridge for a laser printer is advertised to print an average of 10,000 pages. A random sample of eight businesses that have recently bought this cartridge are asked to report the number of pages printed by a single cartridge. The results are shown.

                  9771          9811          9885          9914    9975    10,079 10,145 10,214

Assume that the data belong to a normal population. Test the null hypothesis that the mean number of pages is 10,000 against the alternative hypothesis μ ≠ 10,000. Use α = .10.

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