Carry out an appropriate significance test

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Qusetion: Down the toilet A company that makes hotel toilets claims that its new pressure-assisted toilet reduces the average amount of water used by more than 0.5 gallon per flush when compared to its current model. To test this claim, the company randomly selects 30 toilets of each type and measures the amount of water that is used when each toilet is flushed once. For the current-model toilets, the mean amount of water used is 1.64 gal with a standard deviation of 0.29 gal. For the new toilets, the mean amount of water used is 1.09 gal with a standard deviation of 0.18 gal.

(a) Carry out an appropriate significance test. What conclusion would you draw?

(b) Based on your conclusion in part (a), could you have made a Type I error or a Type II error? Justify your answer.

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