5 The manufacturer of a certain type of biscuit claims that \(10 \%\) of packets include a free offer printed on the packet. Jyothi suspects that the true proportion is less than \(10 \%\). He plans to test the claim by looking at 40 randomly selected packets and, if the number which include the offer is less than 2 , he will reject the manufacturer's claim.
- State suitable hypotheses for the test.
- Find the probability of a Type I error.
On another occasion Jyothi looks at 80 randomly selected packets and finds that exactly 6 include the free offer. - Calculate an approximate \(90 \%\) confidence interval for the proportion of packets that include the offer.
- Use your confidence interval to comment on the manufacturer's claim.
\(6 X\) is a random variable with probability density function given by
$$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { a } { x ^ { 2 } } & 1 \leqslant x \leqslant b
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$
where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants.