A Hypothesis Test Is to Be Performed $< 23 \mathrm { mpg }$

question 127

Multiple Choice

A hypothesis test is to be performed. State the null and alternative hypotheses.
-Carter Motor Company claims that its new sedan, the Libra, will average better than 25 miles per gallon, which is the gas mileage of its competitor.

• A) Null hypothesis: mean gas mileage \(< 23 \mathrm { mpg }\)
• Alternative hypothesis: mean gas mileage \(> 23 \mathrm { mpg }\)
• B) Null hypothesis: mean gas mileage \(> 23 \mathrm { mpg }\)
• Alternative hypothesis: mean gas mileage \(= 23 \mathrm { mpg }\)
• C) Null hypothesis: mean gas mileage \(= 23 \mathrm { mpg }\)
• Alternative hypothesis: mean gas mileage \(\geq 23 \mathrm { mpg }\)
• D) Null hypothesis: mean gas mileage \(= 23 \mathrm { mpg }\)
• Alternative hypothesis: mean gas mileage \(> 23 \mathrm { mpg }\)

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