State the null and alternative hypothesis. Describe the Type I and Type II errors. Boxes of certain kind of cereal are labeled containing 20 ounces. An inspector thinks that the mean weight may be less than this. The average resting pulse rate of male marathon runners is less than 70 beats per minute.

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State the null and alternative hypothesis. Describe the Type I and Type II errors.

  1. Boxes of certain kind of cereal are labeled containing 20 ounces. An inspector thinks that the mean weight may be less than this.
  2. The average resting pulse rate of male marathon runners is less than 70 beats per minute.
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