Elementary Statistics 2nd Edition
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ISBN: 9781259724275
Author: William Navidi, Barry Monk
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 9.1, Problem 21E
Fertilizer: A new type of fertilizer is being tested on a plot of land in an orange grove, to see whether it increases the amount of fruit produced. The mean number of pounds of fruit on this plot of land with the old fertilizer was 400 pounds. Agriculture scientists believe that the new fertilizer may increase the yield. State the appropriate null and alternate hypotheses.
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Elementary Statistics 2nd Edition
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