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| Question 886498:  How do I solve this problem?
 
 In a certain upscale suburb of new york with a population of 80000, 15% people are assumed to be millionaires. in a randomly chosen sample of 7836, 823 were found to be millionaires. is the claim that 15% people are millionaires true?
 
 
 Answer by stanbon(75887)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! In a certain upscale suburb of new york with a population of 80000, 15% people are assumed to be millionaires. in a randomly chosen sample of 7836, 823 were found to be millionaires. is the claim that 15% people are millionaires true? --------
 Ho: p = 0.15 (claim)
 Ha: p # 0.15
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 sample proportion = p-hat = 823/7836 = 0.105
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 z(0.105) = (0.105-0.15)/sqrt[0.15*0.85/823] = -3.615
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 p-value = 2*P(z < -3.615) = 0.0003
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 Conclusion:: Since the p-value is less than 5%, reject Ho.
 The test results do not support the claim.
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 Cheers,
 Stan H.
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