An entrepreneur is considering the purchase of a coin-operated laundry. The current owner claims that over the past 5 years, the average daily revenue was $675 with a standard deviation of $75. A sample of 30 days reveals a daily average revenue of $625.

If you were to test the null hypothesis that the daily average revenue was $675, which test would you use?

a. Z-test of a population mean

b. Z-test of a population proportion

c. t-test of population mean

d. t-test of a population proportion

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Answer:

We would use Z-test of a population mean.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that an entrepreneur is considering the purchase of a coin-operated laundry. The current owner claims that over the past 5 years, the average daily revenue was $675 with a standard deviation of $75. A sample of 30 days reveals a daily average revenue of $625.

And we have to test the hypothesis that the daily average revenue was $675.

Firstly, as we know that testing is always done on the population parameter.

So, let [tex]\mu[/tex] = daily average revenue over the pat 5 years

So, Null Hypothesis, [tex]H_0[/tex] : [tex]\mu[/tex] = $675

Alternate Hypothesis, [tex]H_a[/tex] : [tex]\mu \neq[/tex] $675

Here, null hypothesis states that the owner's claim of average daily revenue was $675 over the past 5 years is correct.

And alternate hypothesis states that the owner's claim of average daily revenue was $675 over the past 5 years is not correct.

The test statistics that will be used here is Z-test of a population mean because here we have knowledge of population standard deviation of $75.

   Test statistics = [tex]\frac{\bar X-\mu}{\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n} } }[/tex]  ~ N(0,1)

where, [tex]\bar X[/tex] = sample average revenue = $625

            [tex]\sigma[/tex] = population standard deviation = $75

             n = sample of days = 30

Therefore, to test the null hypothesis that the daily average revenue was $675, we should use Z-test of a population mean.

The Z-test of a population mean is used here because it is given that the population standard deviation is $75. The correct option is a).

Given :

  • The current owner claims that over the past 5 years, the average daily revenue was $675 with a standard deviation of $75.
  • A sample of 30 days reveals a daily average revenue of $625.

Let [tex]\mu[/tex] is the daily average revenue. So:

Null Hypothesis is, [tex]\rm H_0:\mu=$675[/tex]

The Alternate Hypothesis is, [tex]\rm H_a : \mu\neq $675[/tex]

Here, the Z-test of a population mean is used because it is given that the population standard deviation is $75.

[tex]\rm Test \;Statistics = \dfrac{\bar{X}-\mu}{\dfrac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n} }}[/tex]

where [tex]\rm \bar {X}[/tex] is the sample average revenue, [tex]\sigma[/tex] is the standard deviation and n is the sample size.

Therefore, the correct option is a).

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