Average depth of the ocean in a certain region


An oceanographer wants to check whether the average depth of the ocean in a certain region is 55 fathoms, as had been previously reported. He took soundings at 36 randomly chosen locations in the region and obtained a sample mean of 56.4 fathoms with a sample standard deviation of 5.1 fathoms. Are these data significant enough to reject the null hypothesis that the mean depth is 55 fathoms, at the

(a) 10 percent

(b) 5 percent

(c) 1 percent

level of significance?

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