State the null and the alternative hypothesis

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State the null and the alternative hypothesis

  1. The college bookstore tells prospective students that the average cost of itstextbooks is $52 with a standard deviation of $4.50. A group of smart statisticsstudents thinks that the average cost is higher. In order to test the bookstore’s claim against their alternative, the students will select a random sample of size 100.Assume that the mean from their random sample is $52.80. Perform a hypothesis test (6 step procedure outlined in class) at the 5% level of significance and state your decision.
  2. . A certain chemical pollutant in the Genesee River has been constant for severaly yearswith mean μ = 34 ppm (parts per million) and standard deviation σ = 8 ppm.A group of factory representatives whose companies discharge liquids into the river is now claiming that they have lowered the average with improved filtration devices.A group of environmentalists will test to see if this is true at the 4% level of significance. Assume that their sample of size 50 gives a mean of 32.5 ppm. Perform a hypothesis test (6 step procedure outlined in class) at the 4% level of significanceand state your decision.

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