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A cereal company has claimed that one serving of their cereal has on average 120 calories...

A cereal company has claimed that one serving of their cereal has on average 120 calories with a standard deviation of 12 calories.  You decide to test their claims and examine 10 different recommended serving sized bowls for calorie count and nutritional content. The data is below.  With an alpha level of .05, does the evidence support the cereal company’s claims?  

α = .05

μ = 120

σ = 12

mean = _____

n = _____

Bowls

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Calorie Content

115

136

145

120

110

130

116

115

147

152

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for the given data

mean = 128.6

n = 10

orchestra answered 1 year ago
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