The Following Output from MINITAB Presents the Results of a Hypothesis

question 45

Multiple Choice

The following output from MINITAB presents the results of a hypothesis test for a population mean $\mu$ $$\begin{array}{l}\text { Test of mu } = 55 \mathrm { vs } . \text { not } = 55\\\\\begin{array} { l c c c c r r } \mathrm { N } & \text { Mean } & \text { StDev } & \text { SE Mean } & 95 \% \text { CI } & \text { T } & \text { P } \\58 & 51.24 & 6.112029 & 0.802549 & ( 49.63293,52.84707 ) & - 4.685074 & 0.000018 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$ How many degrees of freedom are there?

• A) 59
• B) 58
• C) 55
• D) 57

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