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The Myrtle Beach International Airport provides a cell phone parking lot where peo- ple can
wait for a message to pick up arriving passengers. To decide if the cell phone lot has enough
parking places, the manager of alrport parking needs to know if the mean time in the lot is
more than 15 minutes. A sample of 12 recent customers showed they were in the lot the
following lengths of time, in minutes.

30 24 23 22 14 2 39 23 23 28 12 31

At the .05 significance level, is it reasonable to conclude that the mean time in the lot is more
than 15 minutes?

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Given information:

Sample size (n) = 12

Sample data = 30 , 24 , 23 , 22 , 14 , 2 , 39 , 23 , 23 , 28 , 12 , 31
The mean is calculated as:

―
30 + 24 + 23 + 22 + 14 + 2 + 39 + 23 + 23 + 28 + 12 + 31
x= 12

―
x = 22.5minutes

The standard deviation is calculated as:

√Σ ( x − x ̄ ) ²
²s = i
n−1

√ ( 30 − 24.5 ) ² + ( 24 − 24.5 ) ² + … + ( 31 − 24.5 ) ²

²²²s = 12 − 1

s = 11.98minutes

Formula for ttest is given by:

―
x−𝜇
t= s
√n

Explanation:

Null Hypothesis (H ): 𝛽 ≤ 15 minutes.

0 0

Alternative Hypothesis (H1 ): 𝛽 > 15 minutes.

1

Step 2/2
Substitute the values in the t-test formula:
 22.5 − 15
t =
11.98
√12

9.5
t =
3.45
t = 2.75

Degree of freedom df:

df = ( n − 1 ) = 12 − 1

df = 11

As P value is less than 0.05, the null hypothesis is rejected.

Explanation:

P value is = TDIST ( 2.7 , 11 , 1 ) = 0.0103

Final answer
In the given case, the null hypothesis is rejected, and the P value is 0.0103.
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