used annually. It is claimed that a vacuum cleaner uses and average of 46 kilowatts hours per day. If a random sample of 12 homes, the average usage of 42 kilowatt per hour, and has standard deviation of 11.9 kilowatts per hour, does this suggest at the 0.05 significance that the vacuum cleaners, on average, use less than 46 kilowatt hours ? Assume normal distribu

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7) The EEI has published figures on the number of kilowatts used annually. It is claimed that a vacuum cleaner uses and average of 46 kilowatts hours per day. If a random sample of 12 homes, the average usage of 42 kilowatt per hour, and has standard deviation of 11.9 kilowatts per hour, does this suggest at the 0.05 significance that the vacuum cleaners, on average, use less than 46 kilowatt hours ? Assume normal distribution. 

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