The 2019-20 season is Lebron James's 17th season in league. Most players are past their peak at this career stage, and so some have predicted that Lebron's performance will decline. Last season, Lebron's average points per game was 27.4. In the first 9 games of this season, his average points per game was 24.6 with a standard deviation of 8.0. Conduct a hypothesis test to test this prediction using =0.1 as the significance level.

Step 1: State the null and alternative hypotheses. __________

Step 2: Choose the significance level. __________

Step 3: Calculate the test statistic. __________

Step 4: Find the critical value(s). __________

Step 5: Compare the test statistic to the critical value(s). ___________

Step 6: State the conclusion. __________