Consolidated Power, a large electric power utility, has just built a modem under
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Question
Consolidated Power, a large electric power utility, has just built a modem under power plant. This plant discharges waste water that is allowed to flow into the Atlantic Ocean. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered that the waste water may not be excessively warm so that thermal pollution of the marine environment near the plant can be avoided. Because of this order, the waste water is allowed to cool in specially constructed ponds and is then released into the ocean. This cooling system works properly if the mean temperature of waste water discharged is 60'F or cooler. Consolidated Power is required to monitor the temperature of the waste water. A sample of 100 temperature readings will be obtained each day, and if the sample results cast a substantial amount of doubt on the hypothesis that the cooling system is working properly (the mean temperature of waste water discharged is 60 degree F or cooler), then the plant must be shut down and appropriate actions must be taken to correct the problem. Consolidated Power wishes to set up a hypothesis test so that the power plant will be shut down twine the null hypothesis is rejected. Set up the null hypothesis H_0 and the alternative hypothesis H_a that should be used. H_0: mu. 60 versus H_a: mu 60. Suppose that Consolidated Power decides to use a level of significance of alpha = .05 and suppose a random sample of 100 temperature readings is obtained. If the sample mean of the 100 temperature readings is x = 60.762, test H_0 versus H_a and determine whether the power plant should be shut down and the cooling system repaired. Perform the hypothesis test by using a critical value and a p-value. Assume sigma = 4. (Round p-value to 4 decimal places.)Explanation / Answer
X?= 60.762
n= 100
sigma= 4
H0: u= 60
H1: u> 60.......... right tail test
alpha= 0.05
Test Statistics
Z= (X?-u)*sqrt(n)/s
=(60.762-60)*sqrt(100)/4
=1.905
P-value=P(Z>1.905)=0.028390036...............by using 1-NORM.S.DIST(1.906,TRUE)
rounded p-value=0.02839
Decision making
P-value < Alpha reject H0
0.02839 <0.05
there is enough evidence to support the claim that population mean is greater than 60.
i dont see the drop down options but it should be like this " Reject H0 : so plant should be shut down and cooling system repaired "
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