A Soft Drink Filling Machine, When in Perfect Adjustment, Fills $\mu$

question 139

Multiple Choice

A soft drink filling machine, when in perfect adjustment, fills the bottles with 12 ounces of soft drink. Any over filling or under filling results in the shutdown and readjustment of the machine. To determine whether or not the machine is properly adjusted, the correct set of hypotheses is

• A)H₀: \(\mu\)< 12 H_a: \(\mu\) 12
• B)H₀: \(\mu\) 12 H_a: \(\mu\)> 12
• C)H₀: \(\mu\)\(\neq\)12 H_a: \(\mu\)= 12
• D)H₀: \(\mu\) = 12 H_a: \(\mu\)\(\neq\)12

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