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A hospital director is told that 55% of the treated patients are insured. The director wants...

A hospital director is told that 55% of the treated patients are insured. The director wants to test the claim that the percentage of insured patients is under the expected percentage. A sample of 300 patients found that 150 were insured. State the null and alternative hypotheses.

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Hello Sir/ Mam

Null hypothesis is set in a way such that the researcher can get the desired result by rejecting the null.

Hence, here researcher wants to check whether the percentage is less than 55%.

Hence, null is set in such a way that by rejecting null, we can ascertain that the percentage is less than 55%.

Hence, it will be greater than or equal to.

Hence,

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