It is claimed that in a bushel of peaches less than ten percent are defective. A sample of 400 peaches is examined and 50 are found to be defective. What is the alternate hypothesis for a one-sided test? A) p $\neq$ 0.10 B) p 0.10 C) p $\le$ 0.10 D) p = 0.10 E) p

Question

It is claimed that in a bushel of peaches less than ten percent are defective. A sample of 400 peaches is examined and 50 are found to be defective. What is the alternate hypothesis for a one-sided test?
A) p $\neq$ 0.10
B) p > 0.10
C) p $\le$ 0.10
D) p = 0.10
E) p < 0.10

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The alternate hypothesis for a one-sided test would be that the proportion of defective peaches is less than ten percent, which can be represented as p < 0.10.

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