Assume that a hypothesis test of the given claim will be conducted. Identify the type I or type II error for the test
-Carter Motor Company claims that its new sedan, the Libra, will average better than 23 miles per gallon in the city. Identify the type I error for the test.
A)The error of rejecting the claim that the true proportion is more than 23 miles per gallon when it really is more than 23 miles per gallon.
B)The error of rejecting the claim that the mean is at most 23 miles per gallon when it really is at most 23 miles per gallon.
C)The error of failing to reject the claim that the mean is at most 23 miles per gallon when it is actually greater than 23 miles per gallon.

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Type I error occurs when we reject a true null hypothesis. Here, the null hypothesis is that the mean is at most 23 miles per gallon.

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