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Let’s say Mrs. Smith was 72 inches tall, and her question was “Are my students, on average, shorter than I am?”. What would be the null and alternative hypotheses in this scenario?

Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

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Author:Charles P. McKeague, Mark D. Turner

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