A manufacturer of chocolate candies uses machines to packagecandies as they move along a filling line. Although the packagesare labeled as 8 ounces, the company wants the pack-ages to containa mean of 8.17 ounces so that virtually none of the packagescontain less than 8 ounces. A sample of 50 packages is selectedperiodically, and the packaging process is stopped if there isevidence that the mean amount packaged is different from 8.17ounces. Suppose that in a particular sample of 50 packages, themean amount dispensed is 8.159 ounces, with a sample standarddeviation of 0.051 ounce.
b. Determine the p-value and interpret its meaning.
I am unfamiliar with the excel function that everyone else seemsto use for this answer.
