STAT TECH IN BUSINESS & ECON AC
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Chapter 10, Problem 18E
The liquid chlorine added to swimming pools to combat algae has a relatively short shelf life before it loses its effectiveness. Records indicate that the mean shelf life of a 5-gallon jug of chlorine is 2,160 hours (90 days). As an experiment, Hold-longer was added to the chlorine to find whether it would increase the shelf life. A sample of nine jugs of chlorine had these shelf lives (in hours):
At the .025 has Holdlonger increased the shelf life of the chlorine? Estimate the p-value.
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