The Department of Transportation Would Like to Test the Hypothesis

question 118

Multiple Choice

The Department of Transportation would like to test the hypothesis that the average age of cars on the road is less than 12 years. A random sample of 45 cars had an average age of 10.6 years. It is believed that the population standard deviation for the age of cars is 4.1 years. The Department of Transportation would like to set α = 0.05. The critical value for this hypothesis test would be ______.

• A)2.575
• B)1.28
• C)1.645
• D)1.96

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