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Do Americans drink enough water? A sample of 42 professionals was selected and their water consumption was monitored over a 24 hour period. The mean amount consumed was 39.3 oz with a standard deviation of 11.2 oz. If the recommendation is for Americans to drink 4.6 8 oz servings a day, do Americans' consumption significantly vary from this? Use a 95% confidence level to test and be sure and state your hypotheses.

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Do Americans drink enough water? A sample of 42 professionals was selected and their water consumption was monitored over a 24 hour period. The mean amount consumed was 39.3 oz with a standard deviation of 11.2 oz. If the recommendation is for Americans to drink 4.6 8 oz servings a day, do Americans' consumption significantly vary from this? Use a 95% confidence level to test and be sure and state your hypotheses.

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Use Hypothesis Test of the Mean, for large sample size

Step 1) Identify the following values from the question:
n = 42 (sample size)
= 39.3 ...

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