A Bottling Company Produces Bottles That Hold 10 Ounces of Liquid

question 130

Multiple Choice

A bottling company produces bottles that hold 10 ounces of liquid. Periodically, the company gets complaints that their bottles are not holding enough liquid. To test this claim, the bottling company randomly samples 22 bottles and finds the average amount of liquid held by the bottles is 9.7 ounces with a standard deviation of .4 ounce. Calculate the appropriate test statistic.

• A) \(t = - 2.225\)
• B) \(t = - 3.437\)
• C) \(t = - 3.518\)
• D) \(t = - 16.500\)

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