During recent seasons, Major League Baseball has been criticized for length of the games. A report indicated that average game lasts 3 hours and 30 minutes. A sample of 17 games revealed following times to completion. (Note that the minutes have been changed to fractions of hours, so that game that lasted 2 hours and 24 minutes is reported at 2.40 hours.)
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2.98
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2.40
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2.70
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2.25
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3.23
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3.17
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2.93
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3.18
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2.80
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2.38
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3.75
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3.20
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3.27
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3.52
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2.58
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4.45
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2.45
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Can we conclude that the mean time for a game is less than 3.50 hours? Use the .05 significance level.