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The Normal Distribution

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Question 30

The lifetime of a certain type of battery is normally distributed with a mean of 48 hours and a standard deviation of 4.5 hours.

a.

Find the probability of a battery lasting longer than 55 hours.

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b.

Write down a null and alternative hypothesis for a two-tailed test.

[1]
c.

A technician takes a sample of 20 batteries and finds a mean lifetime of 51 hours. Test at the 2% significance level whether there is evidence that the mean lifetime has changed.

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