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Vending machines on a college campus offer a variety of drinks. The purchasing agent believes that each type of drink is equally preferred by students and consequently orders equal quantities. The number of drinks sold from vending machines on this campus for the last six months is shown in the following table.

-At α = 0.05,
A) we reject the alternative hypothesis.
B) we fail to reject the null hypothesis.
C) we conclude that the purchasing agent was correct.
D) we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the purchasing agent was not correct. The drink options are not equally preferred by the students.
E) as the P-value is low (less than α), we conclude that all types of drinks are equally preferred by students.

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Vending machines on a college campus offer a variety of drinks. The purchasing agent believes that each type of drink is equally preferred by students and consequently orders equal quantities. The number of drinks sold from vending machines on this campus for the last six months is shown in the following table.
 
-At α = 0.05,
A) we reject the alternative hypothesis. 
B) we fail to reject the null hypothesis. 
C) we conclude that the purchasing agent was correct. 
D) we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the purchasing agent was not correct. The drink options are not equally preferred by the students. 
E) as the P-value is low (less than α), we conclude that all types of drinks are equally preferred by students.

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If the P-value is less than α = 0.05, we reject the null hypothesis, suggesting that the drink options are not equally preferred by the students.

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