A researcher wants to test the average time it takes to solve a puzzle. They randomly sample 50 individuals and find that the sample mean is 8 minutes with a standard deviation of 2 minutes. Test the hypothesis that the population mean is 10 minutes using a significance level of 0.05.

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Section10.4: Distributions Of Data
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A researcher wants to test the average time it takes to solve a puzzle. They randomly sample 50 individuals and find that the sample mean is 8 minutes with a standard deviation of 2 minutes. Test the hypothesis that the population mean is 10 minutes using a significance level of 0.05.
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