Activity 5

Activity #5
1.) A biologist claims that the mean cholesterol content of chicken eggs can be reduced by giving a special diet
to chickens. When thirty-six eggs obtained in this way were tested, it found out that the cholesterol content was
260 mg with a sample standard deviation equal to 22 mg. Is the true mean cholesterol content significantly less
than 280 mg? Use α=0.05.
T h e meanc h olesterol content is equal

a. H 0 : x́=280 ( ¿ 280 mg. )
H a : x́<280 ( T h e mean c h olesterol content is less t h an 280 mg . )
b. α = 0.05, Z critical value = 1.6
x́−μ 260−280 −20
c. Z= = = =−5.45
σ 3.6667 3.6667
d. -5.45 < 1.6
e. Accept H 0 : x́ =280
f. The mean cholesterol content is equal to 280 mg.
2.) Suppose there are two normally distributed populations. One population has variance of 12, and when a
sample of size 22 was picked from it, the mean was 9. The second population has a variance of 14, and a sample
of 18 yielded a mean of 7.8. Assume the samples are independent, at the 5 percent level of significance, test the
null hypothesis H0:µ 1= µ 2 against the alternative hypothesis that µ 1> µ 2.
a. H 0 : μ 1=μ2 (T h ere is no significant difference between t h e two popu l ations . )

H a :μ 1> μ 2 ( T h ereis a significant difference between t h e two populations . )
x− y 9−7.8 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Z= = = = = = =0.29
c. δ21 δ22 122 14 2 144 196 √6.5455+10.8889 √ 17.4344 4.1755
d. 0.29 < 1.9

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m n
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22 18 22 18√
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e. Accept H 0 : μ 1=μ2
f. There is no significant difference between the two populations.
3.) From his long standing experience, a farmer believes that the mean yield of grain per plot in his farm is 160
bushels. When a new seed introduced on the market was tried on sixteen randomly selected experimental plots,
the mean yield was 168 bushels. Suppose the yield per plot can be assumed to be normally distributed with a
standard deviation of yield of 22 bushels. Is the new seed significantly better? Use �=0.05
a. H 0 : x́ =160 (T h e new seed isnot significantly better . )

H a : x́>160 ( T h e ne w seed is not significantly better . )
x́−μ 168−160 8
c. Z= = = =1.45
σ 5.5 5.5
d. 1.45 < 1.6
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e. Accept H 0 : x́ =160
f. The new seed is not significantly better.
4.) The label on a can of pineapple slices states that the mean carbohydrate content per serving of canned
pineapple is over 55 grams. It may be assumed that the standard deviation of the carbohydrates content is 4
grams. A random sample of twenty-five servings has a mean carbohydrate content of 57.3 grams. Is the
company correct in its claim? Use α=0.05
a. H 0 : x́ =55 (T h e company is not correct∈its claim. )

H a : x́>55 ( T h e company is correct∈its claim . )
x́−μ 57.3−55 2.3
c. Z= = = =2.88
σ 0.8 0.8
d. 2.88 > 1.6
e. Reject H 0 : x́ =55
f. The company is correct in its claim.
5.) A company has two branches, one on the East Coast and the other on the West Coast. The mean daily sales
of the company on the East Coast, when observed on 100 days, were found to be �250,000 with S1=�35,000.
For the company on West Coast, when observed on 200 days, the mean daily sales were �245,000 with
S2=�25,000. At the 5 percent level of significance, do the two branches differ in their true mean daily sales?
(Assume that the sales in the two branches are normally distributed).
a. H 0 : μ 1=μ2 (T h e two branc h es do not differ∈t h eir true meandaily sales . )

H a :μ 1 ≠ μ2 ( T h e two branc h es differ ∈t h eir true mean daily sales . )
c.
x− y 250,000−245,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
Z= = = = = =
δ21 δ22 35,000 2 25,0002 1,225,000,000 625,000,000 √12,250,000+3,125,000 √ 15,375,000 3
m n√
+
d. 1.28 < 1.9
100 √
+
200 √ 100
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200
e. Accept H 0 : μ 1=μ2
f. The two branches do not differ in their true mean daily sales.
6.) A ski coach claims that she can train beginning skiers for 3 weeks so that at the end of the program they will
finish a certain downhill course in less than 15 minutes. It was found that, when a random sample of ten skiers
given the training, their mean time was 14.1 minutes with standard deviation of 1.4 minutes. On the basis of the
evidence, is the true mean significantly less than 13.5 minutes? Use �=0.025
a. H 0 : x́ =13.5 ( T h e true meanis not significantly less t h an13.5 minutes . )

H a : x́<13.5 ( T h e true meanis significantly less t h an 13.5 minutes. )
x́−μ 14.1−13.5 0.6
c. Z= = = =1.36
σ 0.4427 0.4427
d. 1.36 < 1.6
e. Accept H 0 : x́ =13.5
f. The true mean is not significantly less than 13.5 minutes.
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T h e meanc h olesterol content is equal

a. H 0 : μ 1=μ2 (T h ere is no significant difference between t h e two popu l ations . )

d. 0.29 < 1.9

a. H 0 : x́ =160 (T h e new seed isnot significantly better . )

a. H 0 : x́ =55 (T h e company is not correct∈its claim. )

a. H 0 : μ 1=μ2 (T h e two branc h es do not differ∈t h eir true meandaily sales . )

a. H 0 : x́ =13.5 ( T h e true meanis not significantly less t h an13.5 minutes . )

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