A scrap metal dealer claims that the mean of his cash sales is 'no more than R80', but an Internal Revenue Service agent believes the dealer is untruthful. The agent randomly selects a sample of 20 cash customers and find the mean purchase to be R91, with a variance of R441. The test statistic (rounded off to four decimals) is:    A. T = 2.3425  B. Z = 2.3425  C. T = 0.0113  D. Z = 0.2381

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A scrap metal dealer claims that the mean of his cash sales is 'no more than R80', but an Internal Revenue Service agent believes the dealer is untruthful. The agent randomly selects a sample of 20 cash customers and find the mean purchase to be R91, with a variance of R441. The test statistic (rounded off to four decimals) is:

 
  •  A. T = 2.3425
  •  B. Z = 2.3425
  •  C. T = 0.0113
  •  D. Z = 0.2381
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