From generation to generation, the average age when smokers first start to smoke varies. However, the standard deviation of that age remains constant at around 2.1 years. A survey of 40 smokers of this generation was done to see if the average starting age is at least 19. The sample average was 18.1 with a sample standard deviation of 1.3. Do the data support the claim at the 5% level?State the distribution to use for the test. What is the test statistic? Sketch a picture of this situation. Label and scale the horizontal axis and shade the region(s) corresponding to the p-value.

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From generation to generation, the average age when smokers first start to smoke varies. However, the standard deviation of that age remains constant at around 2.1 years. A survey of 40 smokers of this generation was done to see if the average starting age is at least 19. The sample average was 18.1 with a sample standard deviation of 1.3. Do the data support the claim at the 5% level?State the distribution to use for the test. What is the test statistic? Sketch a picture of this situation. Label and scale the horizontal axis and shade the region(s) corresponding to the p-value.

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