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    IB Math AISL
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    Inference & Hypotheses
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    [Maximum mark: 8]

    Red Orchards sells apples. They claim that their apples are "the sweetest in the world" with a sugar content of ​20%​ by mass. Granny Smith's Farmers Co'op believes the sugar content of the apples to be lower than ​20%. Hence, they buy ​30​ apples from Red Orchards and test the sugar content with a machine. They find that the sample has a mean sugar content of ​18%​ by mass and a standard deviation of ​2%​ by mass. They then conduct a significance test with significance level ​5%.

    1. State the null and alternative hypothesis of the test.

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    2. Explain what a type I error would mean given the context of the test.

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    3. Find the probability of making a type I error.

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    4. Find the ​p​-value of the test.

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    5. Hence state the conclusion of the test.

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