Exercises: (Activity #5)

1. A biologist claims that the mean cholesterol content of chicken eggs can be reduced by giving
a special diet to chickens. When thirty-six eggs obtained in this way were tested, it found out that
the cholesterol content was 260 mg with a sample standard deviation equal to 22 mg. is the true
mean cholesterol content significantly less than 280 mg? Use 𝛼 = 0.05.
2. Suppose there are two normally distributed populations. One population has variance of 12,
and when a sample of size 22 was picked from it, the mean was 9. The second population has a
variance of 14, and a sample of 18 yielded a mean of 7.8. Assume the samples are independent,
at the 5 percent level of significance, test the null hypothesis H0: µ 1= µ 2 against the alternative
hypothesis that µ 1> µ 2
3. From his long-standing experience, a farmer believes that the mean yield of grain per plot in
his farm is 160 bushels. When a new seed introduced on the market was tried on sixteen
randomly selected experimental plots, the mean yield was 168 bushels. Suppose the yield per
plot can be assumed to be normally distributed with a standard deviation of yield of 22 bushels.
Is the new seed significantly better? Use 𝛼 = 0.05
4. The label on a can of pineapple slices states that the mean carbohydrate content per serving of
canned pineapple is over 55 grams. It may be assumed that the standard deviation of the
carbohydrates content is 4 grams. A random sample of twenty-five servings has a mean
carbohydrate content of 57.3 grams. Is the company correct in its claim? Use 𝛼 = 0.05
5. The label on a can of pineapple slices states that the mean carbohydrate content per serving of
canned pineapple is over 55 A company has two branches, one on the East Coast and the other
on the West Coast. The mean daily sales of the company on the East Coast, when observed on
100 days, were found to be 𝑃250,000 with S1=𝑃35,000. For the company on West Coast, when
observed on 200 days, the mean daily sales were 𝑃245,000 with S2=𝑃25,000. At the 5 percent
level of significance, do the two branches differ in their true mean daily sales? (Assume that the
sales in the two branches are normally distributed).
6. A ski coach claims that she can train beginning skiers for 3 weeks so that at the end of the
program they will finish a certain downhill course in less than 15 minutes. It was found that,
when a random sample of ten skiers given the training, their mean time was 14.1 minutes with
standard deviation of 1.4 minutes. On the basis of the evidence, is the true mean significantly
less than 13.5 minutes? Use 𝛼 = 0.025
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