Breyers is a major producer of ice cream and would like to test the hypothesis that the average American consumes more than 17 ounces if ice cream per month. A random sample of 15 Americans was found to consume an average of 18.2 ounces of ice cream last month. The standard deviation for this sample was 3.9 ounces. Breyers would like to set ? = 0.10. The correct hypothesis statement for this hypothesis test would be ----- A)H₀: µ c 17; H₁: µ 18.2. C)H₀: µ c 17; H₁: µ 17. D)H₀:$$\bar { x }$$ = 17; H₁: $$\bar { x }$$ × 17.

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Breyers is a major producer of ice cream and would like to test the hypothesis that the average American consumes more than 17 ounces if ice cream per month. A random sample of 15 Americans was found to consume an average of 18.2 ounces of ice cream last month. The standard deviation for this sample was 3.9 ounces. Breyers would like to set ? = 0.10. The correct hypothesis statement for this hypothesis test would be ----- A)H₀: µ c 17; H₁: µ < 17. B)H₀: µ c 18.2; H₁: µ > 18.2. C)H₀: µ c 17; H₁: µ > 17. D)H₀:$$\bar { x }$$ = 17; H₁: $$\bar { x }$$ × 17.

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The correct hypothesis statement for testing if the average American consumes more than 17 ounces of ice cream per month is: Null Hypothesis (H0): µ = 17 (the population mean is equal to 17 ounces), and Alternative Hypothesis (H1): µ > 17 (the population mean is greater than 17 ounces). This matches option C, where µ represents the population mean.

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