Question: Is the typical US runner getting faster or slower over time? We consider this question in the context of the Cherry Blossom Race, which is

Is the typical US runner getting faster or slower over time? We consider this question in the context of the Cherry Blossom Race, which is a 10-mile race in Washington, DC each spring. The average time for all runners who finished the Cherry Blossom Race in 2006 was 93.29 minutes (93 minutes and about 17 seconds). We want to determine using data from a random sample of 100 participants in the 2012 Cherry Blossom Race whether runners in this race are getting faster or slower, versus the other possibility that there has been no change.

The sample mean and sample standard deviation of the sample of 100 runners from the 2012 Cherry Blossom Race are 95.61 and 15.78 minutes, respectively.Write H0 and HA, and conduct the appropriate test of significance (one-sample t-test) via confidence interval, critical value, and p-value.

1. Write H0 and HA

2. The 95% confidence interval is?

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