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Posted by Catherine on Friday, December 9, 2011 at 3:44pm.

Write the null and alternative hypotheses. Justify which is the claim. A light bulb manufacturer guarantees that the mean life of a certain type of light bulb is less than 900 hours

statistics - Katie, Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 7:04pm
The claim: mean < 900
other option: mean > or = 900

The null hypothesis is the one with an equal sign...

Your null hypothesis would be mean=900
Your alt. hypothesis would be mean<900

The alt. hypothesis is the claim.

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