Question 2 of 18, Step 1 of 1 1/out of 18 Correct     4   An engineer has designed a valve that will regulate water pressure on an automobile engine. The valve was tested on 120120 engines and the mean pressure was 4.54.5 lbs/square inch. Assume the variance is known to be 0.810.81. If the valve was designed to produce a mean pressure of 4.34.3 lbs/square inch, is there sufficient evidence at the 0.10.1 level that the valve performs above the specifications? State the null and alternative hypotheses for the above scenario.

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An engineer has designed a valve that will regulate water pressure on an automobile engine. The valve was tested on 120120 engines and the mean pressure was 4.54.5 lbs/square inch. Assume the variance is known to be 0.810.81. If the valve was designed to produce a mean pressure of 4.34.3 lbs/square inch, is there sufficient evidence at the 0.10.1 level that the valve performs above the specifications?

State the null and alternative hypotheses for the above scenario.

 
 
 
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