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A professor in a typing class found out that the average performance of an expert typist is 85 words per minute. A random sample of 16 students took the typing test, and we obtained an average speed of 62 words per minute with a standard deviation of 8. Can we say that the sample student's performance is below the standard deviation at the 0.05 level of significance?

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Yes

No

Step-by-step explanation:

$$\begin{gathered} m=85 \\ s=8 \\ {n}_2=16 \\ {m}_2=83.20 \\ \alpha =0.05 \\ Z=N(0,1) \\ z=\frac{m_2-m}{s/\sqrt{n_2}}=\frac{83.2-85}{8/\sqrt{16}}=-\frac{9}{10}=-0.9 \\ p=P(Z<z) \\ p=0.0559 \\ \alpha <p \\ x=0 \end{gathered}$$

Use the normal distribution table.

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