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The manager of a grocery store wants to determine whether the amount of water contained in 1-gallon bottles purchased from a nationally known manufacturer actually average 1 gallon.It is known from the manufacturer's specifications that the standard deviation of the amount of water is equal to 0.02 gallon.A random sample of 32 bottles is selected,and the mean amount of water per 1-gallon bottle is found to be 0.995 gallon.Calculate a confidence interval to test the hypotheses at α = .001.


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A measure of the amount of time a machine is operated, often used for accounting, cost allocation, or operational planning.

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The total number of hours worked by all employees in a specific time period.

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The additional output that is gained by employing one more unit of a particular input, holding all other inputs constant.

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The quantity of goods and services produced by a firm or economy over a specific period.

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