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# Type I Error: Efficiency Rating of a Boiler

APSTAT-9WEDKC

A new boiler is being advertised to have an efficiency rate of 91%. The company's competitor believes the new boiler is producing an efficiency rate of less than 91%. The company's competitor designs an experiment by randomly selecting 100 of the new boilers to test their efficiency rate.

Under which of the following conditions would a Type I error be committed?

A

The competitor's company concludes that the new boiler's efficiency rate is less than $91\%$ when it is actually $91\%$.

B

The competitor's company concludes that the new boiler's efficiency rate is $91\%$ when it is actually less than $91\%$.

C

The competitor's company concludes that the new boiler's efficiency rate is $91\%$ when it is actually $91\%$.

D

The competitor's company concludes that the new boiler's efficiency rate is less than $91\%$ when it is really less than $91\%$.

E

A type I error cannot be committed in this situation.