Sanchez Electronics sells electronic components for car stereos. It claims that the average life of a component exceeds 4,000 hours. To test this claim, it has selected a random sample of n = 12 of the components and traced the life between installation and failure. The following data were obtained:

1,973 4,838 3,805 4,494 4,738 5,249 4,459 4,098 4,722 5,894 3,322 4,800

a. State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses.

b. Assuming that the test is to be conducted using a 0.05 level of significance, what conclusion should be reached based on these sample data? Be sure to examine the required normality assumption.