A shipment of fibers is not acceptable if the mean breaking strength of the fibers is less than 50 N. A large sample of fibers from this shipment was tested, and a 98% lower confidence bound for the mean breaking strength was computed to be 50.1 N. Someone suggests using these data to test the hypotheses H₀ :μ ≤ 50 versus H₁ :μ > 50.

a. Is it possible to determine from the confidence bound whether P < 0.01? Explain.

b. Is it possible to determine from the confidence bound whether P < 0.05? Explain.