A publisher reports that 48 % of their readers own a personal computer. A marketing executive wants to test the claim that the percentage is actually under the reported percentage. A random sample of 400 found that 45 % of the readers owned a personal computer. Is there sufficient evidence at the 0.05 level to support executive's claim? Step 1 of 7: State the null and alternative hypotheses.

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