The Manager of a Grocery Store Wants to Determine Whether

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Essay

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 averages 1 gallon.It is known from the 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 and determine whether the specifications are being met.

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