The Following Output from MINITAB Presents the Results of a Hypothesis

question 100

Multiple Choice

The following output from MINITAB presents the results of a hypothesis test for a population mean $\mu$ .
Test of $\mathrm { mu } = 46 \mathrm { vs } .$ not $= 46$
$\begin{array}{lcccccl}\mathrm{N} & \text { Mean } & \text { StDev } & \text { SE Mean } & 95 \% \text { CI } & \text { P } \\65 & 43.40 & 7.941089 & 0.984971 & (41.432298,45.367702) & -2.639672 & 0.0104\end{array}$

What is the value of $\bar { x }$ ?

• A) 6.7
• B) 46
• C) 43.40
• D) 0.010412

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