Question

A school teacher is worried that the concentration of dangerous, cancer-causing radon gas in her classroom is greater than the safe level of 4pCi/L. The school samples the air for 36 days and finds an average concentration of 4.4pCi/L with a standard deviation of 1pCi/L. In order to test whether the average level of radon gas is greater than the safe level, the appropriate hypotheses are:_______

Answer 1

Answer:

H0 ; μ ≤ 4 pCi/L

Ha ; μ > 4 pCi/L

The null hypothesis is that the concentration of dangerous, cancer-causing radon gas in her classroom is less than or equal to the safe level of 4pCi/L

H0 ; μ ≤ 4 pCi/L

The alternative hypothesis is that the concentration of dangerous, cancer-causing radon gas in her classroom is greater than the safe level of 4pCi/L.

Ha ; μ > 4 pCi/L

Step-by-step explanation:

The null hypothesis (H0) tries to show that no significant variation exists between variables or that a single variable is no different than its mean. While an alternative Hypothesis (Ha) attempt to prove that a new theory is true rather than the old one. That a variable is significantly different from the mean.

The null hypothesis is that the concentration of dangerous, cancer-causing radon gas in her classroom is less than or equal to the safe level of 4pCi/L

H0 ; μ ≤ 4 pCi/L

The alternative hypothesis is that the concentration of dangerous, cancer-causing radon gas in her classroom is greater than the safe level of 4pCi/L.

Ha ; μ > 4 pCi/L