. A study was conducted to see if increasing the substrate concentration has an appreciable effect on the velocity of a chemical reaction. With a substrate concentration of 1.5 moles per liter, the reaction was run 15 times, with an average velocity of 7.5 micromoles per 30 minutes and a standard deviation of 1.5. With s substrate concentration of 2.0 moles per liter, 12 runs were made, yielding an average velocity of 8.8 micromoles per 30 minutes and a sample standard deviation of 1.2. Is there any reason to believe that this increase in substrate concentration causes an increase in the mean velocity of the reaction of more than 0.5 micromole per 30 minutes? Use a 0.01 level of significance and assume the populations to be approximately normally distributed with equal variances.

So, there is no reason to believe that this increase in substrate concentration causes an increase in the mean velocity of the reaction of more than 0.5 micromole per 30 minutes.

We have given that,

A study conducted to see if increasing the substrate concentration has an appreciable effect on the velocity of a chemical reaction.

x₁-bar = 8.8 micromoles

Standaard deviations, s₁= 1.2

x₂-bar = 7.5 ; s₂ = 1.5

n₁ = 12 ; n₂ = 15

significance level = 0.01

Consider the Null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis othesis

H₀ : μ = 0.5

Hₐ : μ > 0.5

Consider,

Pooled Standard Deviation = √(((n₁ - 1)s₁² + (n₂- 1)s₂²)/(n₁ + n₂-2))

plugging all known values

= sqrt(((12-1)(1.2²) + (15 -1)(1.5²))/(12+15-2))

Sp = 1.3761

Now , test statistic :

t =((x₁-bar - x₂-bar) - 0.5) / (Sp×√(1/n₁+ 1/n₂))

substitute all known values we get,

= ((8.8 - 7.5) - 0.5) / (1.3761× sqrt(1/12 + 1/15))

=> t = 1.5

Degree of freedom = n₁+ n₂ - 2

= 12 + 15 - 2

= 25

Now the p-value corresponding to t = 1.5 & df = 25 is 0.073

Here p-value > 0.01 (significance level) thus, we fail to reject null hypothesis.

So there is no enough evidence to support the claim.

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