A manufacturer claims that the life span of its tires
A manufacturer claims that the life span of its tires
is 51,000 miles. You work for a consumer protection agency and you are testing these tires. Assume the life spans of the tires are normally distributed. You select 100 tires at random and test them. The mean life span is 50,882 miles. Assume σ =900
Complete parts (a) through (c).
(a) Assuming the manufacturer’s claim is correct, what is the probability that the mean of the sample is 50,882 miles or less?
(b) Using your answer from part (a), what do you think of the manufacturer’s claim?
The claim is ▼inaccurate or accurate because the sample mean ▼would not or would be considered unusual since it ▼does not lie or lies within the range of a usual event, namely within ▼1 standard deviation or 2 standard deviations or 3 standard deviations
of the mean of the sample means.
(c) Assuming the manufacturer’s claim is true, would it be unusual to have an individual tire with a life span of 50,882 miles? Why or why not? No or Yes because 50,882 ▼
does not lie or lies within the range of a usual event, namely within ▼1 standard deviation or 2 standard deviations or 3 standard deviations of the mean for an individual tire.