The business college computing center wants to determine the proportion of business students who have laptop computers. If the proportion exceeds 35%, then the lab will scale back a proposed enlargement of its facilities. Suppose 300 business students were randomly sampled and 85 have laptops. Find the rejection region for the corresponding test using α = .10. A) Reject H0 if z 1.28. B) Reject H0 if z 1.645 or z

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The business college computing center wants to determine the proportion of business students who have laptop computers. If the proportion exceeds 35%, then the lab will scale back a proposed enlargement of its facilities. Suppose 300 business students were randomly sampled and 85 have laptops. Find the rejection region for the corresponding test using α = .10. A) Reject H0 if z > 1.28. B) Reject H0 if z < -1.28. C) Reject H0 if z > 1.645 or z < -1.645. D) Reject H0 if z = 1.28.

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The rejection region for a one-tailed test at α = 0.10 is z > 1.28, as we are testing if the proportion exceeds 35%.

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