Edexcel S3 2021 October — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2021
SessionOctober
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

  1. A machine makes screws with a mean length of 30 mm and a standard deviation of 2.5 mm .
A manager claims that, following some repairs, the machine is now making screws with a mean length of less than 30 mm . The manager takes a random sample of 80 screws and finds that they have a mean length of 29.5 mm . Use a suitable test, at the \(5 \%\) level of significance, to determine whether there is evidence to support the manager's claim. State your hypotheses clearly.