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Water samples are taken from water used for cooling as it is being discharged from a pow...

Water samples are taken from water used for cooling as it is being discharged from a power plant into a river. It has been determined that as long as the mean temperature of the discharged water is at most 150°F, there will be no negative effects on the river’s ecosystem. To investigate whether the plant is in compliance with regulations that prohibit a mean discharge water temperature above 150°, 50 water samples will be taken at randomly selected times and the temperature of each sample recorded. The resulting data will be used to test the hypotheses H0 : μ = 150? versus H0 : μ > 150? . In the context of this situation, describe type I and type II errors. Which type of error would you consider more serious? Explain.

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