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Using statistical terms explain, what does "individual packages of cereal may weigh slightly more or less than the marked weight due to normal variation incurred with high speed packaging machines, but each day's production of cereal will average slightly above the marked weight." Also explain is words a hypothesis test for checking the statement.

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The solution writes the null and alternative hypothesis. Individual packages of cereal weight slightly deviating from a normal variation is examined.

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Claim: Each day's production of cereal will average slightly above the marked weight.
The hypothesis to be tested is
Null hypothesis:
H0:
H0: The average production of cereal on each day is less than ...

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