A Major Car Manufacturer Wants to Test a New Catalytic

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Multiple Choice

A major car manufacturer wants to test a new catalytic converter to determine whether it meets new air pollution standards. The mean emission of all converters of this type must be less than 20 parts per million of carbon. Ten (10) converters are manufactured for testing purposes and their emission levels are measured with a mean of 17.17 and a standard deviation of 2.98. Assume measurements are normally distributed.
-How would you define the rejection region for this test at ? = .05?

• A)t < -2.821
• B)t < -1.761
• C)t > 2.492 and t < -2.492
• D)t > 2.306 and t < -2.306
• E)t > 3.787

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