A car company claims that their Sedan averages 31 mpg. You randomly select 8 Sedans from...
A car company claims that their Sedan averages 31 mpg. You randomly select 8 Sedans from local car dealerships and test their gas mileage under similar conditions. You get an average of 33 mpg with a standard deviation of 0.23. Does the actual gas mileage for these cars deviate significantly from 31 (alpha = .05)?
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