The Golden Comet Is a Hybrid Chicken That Is Prized $\mu$

question 46

Multiple Choice

The Golden Comet is a hybrid chicken that is prized for its high egg production rate and gentle disposition. According to recent studies, the mean rate of egg production for 1-year-old Golden
= Comets is 5.4 eggs/week.
Sarah has 46 1-year-old hens that are fed exclusively on natural scratch feed: insects, seeds, and Plants that the hens obtain as they range freely around the farm. Her hens exhibit a mean egg-laying Rate of 5.9 eggs/day.
Sarah wants to determine whether the mean laying rate $\mu$ for her hens is higher than the mean rate for all Golden Comets. State the appropriate null and alternate hypotheses.

• A) \(H _ { 0 } : \mu < 5.9 , H _ { 1 } : \mu = 5.9\)
• B) \(H _ { 0 } : \mu > 5.4 , H _ { 1 } : \mu = 5.4\)
• C) \(H _ { 0 } : \mu = 5.9 , H _ { 1 } : \mu \neq 5.9\)
• D) \(H _ { 0 } : \mu = 5.4 , H _ { 1 } : \mu > 5.4\)

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