A survey of the opinions of property owners about a street widening project was taken to determine whether the resulting opinion was related to the distance of front footage. A randomly selected sample of 100 property owners was contacted and the results are shown below. What kind of table is this classification? Determine the null and alternate hypotheses. A) Contingency; Ho: Opinions and property front-footage are independent; H₁: Opinions and property front-footage are related. B) Goodness-of-fit; Ho: Opinions and property front-footage are independent; H₁: Opinions and property front-footage are related. C) Goodness-of-fit; Ho: Opinions and property front-footage are the same; H₁: Opinions and property front-footage are different. D) Contingency; Ho: Opinions and property front-footage are related; H₁: Opinions and property front-footage are independent.

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The table represents a contingency table with the categories of opinions and distance of front footage. The null hypothesis is that opinions and property front-footage are independent, while the alternative hypothesis is that they are related.

A Survey of the Opinions of Property Owners About a Street