Question

A company claims that each bag of pretzels weighs 11.3 oz. A sample of 37 bags was weighed. The mean weight of these bags was 11.05 oz, with a standard deviation of 1.35 oz Test the hypothesis at a 5% level of significance.A. Reject the null hypothesis. There is enough evidence to oppose the company's claim.B. Fail to reject the null hypothesis. There is enough evidence to oppose the company's claim.C. Fail to reject the null hypothesis. There is not enough evidence to oppose the company's claim.D. Reject the null hypothesis. There is not enough evidence to oppose the company's claim.

Answer 1

`\begin{gathered} H_0\colon\mu=11.03 \\ \\ H_1\colon\mu=11.05 \\ \\ z=(11.03-11.05)/(1.35) \\ \\ Z_{\text{score}}=0.98803>0.05 \end{gathered}`

C. Fail to reject the null hypothesis. There is not enough evidence to oppose the company's claim.