The Square Footage of the Several Thousand Apartments in a New

question 3

Multiple Choice

The square footage of the several thousand apartments in a new development is advertised to be 1250 square feet,on average.A tenant group thinks that the apartments are smaller than advertised.They hire an engineer to measure a sample of apartments to test their suspicions.Let  represent the true average area (in square feet) of these apartments.What are the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses?

• A)H₀:  = 1250 vs.H_a:  < 1250
• B)H₀:  = 1250 vs.H_a:   1250
• C)H₀:  = 1250 vs.H_a:  > 1250

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