A Manufacturer Wants to Increase the Shelf Life of a Line

question 19

Essay

A manufacturer wants to increase the shelf life of a line of cake mixes. Past records indicate that the average shelf life of the mix is 216 days. After a revised mix has been developed, a sample of nine boxes of cake mix had a mean of 217.222 days and a standard deviation of 1.2019 days. At the 0.025 significance level, what is the critical value?

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