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Nationally, the per capita monthly fuel oil bill is $110. A random sample of 36 cities in the Southeast average $78, with a standard deviation of $4. Is the difference significant? Summarize your conclusions in a sentence or two.
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Let denotes the population mean per capita monthly fuel oil bill. The national per capita monthly fuel oil bill is $110. The hypothesis is,
Null hypothesis:
Alternative hypothesis:
The test statistic is,
The test statistic is -48.
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