The breaking strengths of cables produced by a certain
manufacturer have a mean, μ , of 1900 pounds, and a standard
deviation of 100 pounds. It is claimed that an improvement in the
manufacturing process has increased the mean breaking strength. To
evaluate this claim, 21 newly manufactured cables are randomly
chosen and tested, and their mean breaking strength is found to be
1959 pounds. Assume that the population is normally distributed.
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