The number of cars arriving at a certain road junction on a weekday morning has a...

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The number of cars arriving at a certain road junction on a weekday morning has a Poisson distribution with mean 4.6 per minute. Traffic lights are installed at the junction and a council officer wishes to test at the 2% significance level whether there are now fewer cars arriving. He notes the number of cars arriving during a randomly chosen 2-minute period. (a) State suitable null and alternative hypotheses for the test. (b) Find the critical region for the test. [1] The number of cars arriving at a certain road junction on a weekday morning has a Poisson distribution with mean 4.6 per minute. Traffic lights are installed at the junction and a council officer wishes to test at the 2% significance level whether there are now fewer cars arriving. He notes the number of cars arriving during a randomly chosen 2-minute period. (a) State suitable null and alternative hypotheses for the test. (b) Find the critical region for the test. [1]

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