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Express the Null Hypothesis H0\mathrm { H } _ { 0 }

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Express the null hypothesis H0\mathrm { H } _ { 0 } and the alternative hypothesis H1\mathrm { H } _ { 1 } in symbolic form. Use the correct symbol ( μ,p\mu , \mathrm { p } , σ\sigma ) for the indicated parameter.
-An entomologist writes an article in a scientific journal which claims that fewer than 11 in ten thousand male fireflies are unable to produce light due to a genetic mutation. Use the parameter p, the true proportion of fireflies unable to produce light.


A) H0:p>0.0011H1:p0.0011\begin{array}{l}\mathrm{H}_{0}: \mathrm{p}>0.0011 \\\mathrm{H}_{1}: \mathrm{p} \leq 0.0011\end{array} )

B) H0:p=0.0011H1:p>0.0011\begin{array}{l}H_{0}: p=0.0011 \\H_{1}: p>0.0011\end{array}

C) H0:p<0.0011H1:p0.0011\begin{array}{l}\mathrm{H}_{0}: \mathrm{p}<0.0011 \\\mathrm{H}_{1}: \mathrm{p} \geq 0.0011\end{array}

D) H0:p=0.0011H1:p<0.0011\begin{array}{l}\mathrm{H}_{0}: \mathrm{p}=0.0011 \\\mathrm{H}_{1}: \mathrm{p}<0.0011\end{array}

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