Question: An experienced farmer says that the standard deviation for the number of lettuce plants that can grow in one acre is at most 59 plants.

An experienced farmer says that the standard deviation for the number of lettuce plants that can grow in one acre is at most 59 plants. The soils department comes to the farm and randomly selects 15 acres and finds that the number of lettuce plants per acre has a standard deviation of 62 plants.Is there enough evidence to reject the farmer's claim at a 10% level of significance?

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