6.The proprietor of a greenhouse claims that its pots of lilies average 6.0 buds, with a standard deviation of 0.4 buds. If a random sample of 12 pots of lilies from a large number of pots of lilies has a mean of 5.8 buds, does this deny the proprietor's claim of the mean number of buds at the 0.05 level of significance?

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6.The proprietor of a greenhouse claims that its pots of lilies average 6.0 buds, with a
standard deviation of 0.4 buds. If a random sample of 12 pots of lilies from a large
number of pots of lilies has a mean of 5.8 buds, does this deny the proprietor's claim
of the mean number of buds at the 0.05 level of significance?
Transcribed Image Text:6.The proprietor of a greenhouse claims that its pots of lilies average 6.0 buds, with a standard deviation of 0.4 buds. If a random sample of 12 pots of lilies from a large number of pots of lilies has a mean of 5.8 buds, does this deny the proprietor's claim of the mean number of buds at the 0.05 level of significance?
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