Question

In order for a constitutional amendment to the Florida constitution to pass 60% of the popular vote must support the amendment. A researcher is interested in determining if the more than sixty percent of the voters would support a new amendment about higher education. The researcher asks 500 random selected potential voters if they would support the amendment. What is the null and alternative hypothesis?

Answer 1

Answer:

$H_{0}: p \leq 0.6\\H_A: p > 0.6$

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Percentage of vote required for constitutional amendment = 60%

p = 60% = 0.6

Hypothesis:

More than sixty percent of the voters would support a new amendment about higher education.

We design the null and the alternate hypothesis  

$H_{0}: p \leq 0.6\\H_A: p > 0.6$

Interpretation:

The null hypothesis states that less than or equal to 60% of the voter support the new amendment and the alternative hypothesis states that gretaer than 60% supports the amendment about higher education.