The manager of a store wants to determine whether the number

The manager of a store wants to determine whether the number of items contained in 5,000 count bags purchased from a known manufacturer actually averages 5,000. State the null and alternative hypothesis.

Solution

Here, the hypothesis does not care whether it is less than or greater than 5000. It just want to know if it is equal to 5000 or not. Thus,

Ho: u = 5000
Ha: u =/= 5000 [ANSWER]