Hi! I'm just a bit confused on the vocabulary. What should be the null hypothesis? Thanks in advance! A large company is being sued for gender discrimination because 20% of newly hired candidates are women when 40% of all applicants were women. You plan to use hypothesis testing to determine whether there is significant evidence that the company's hiring practices are discriminatory.

State the null and alternative hypotheses for the significance test.

null hypothesis: 20% of the newly hired candidates are women.

alternative hypothesis: out of 100% of the workers , only 40% are women and you 60% are male.

x ≥ 18 is your answer

step-by-step explanation:

let "a number" = x

(2/3)x + 17 ≥ 29

isolate the variable (x). do the opposite of pemdas (parenthesis, exponent (& root), multiplication, division, addition, subtraction).

first, subtract 17 from both sides.

(2/3)x + 17 (-17) ≥ 29 (-17)

(2/3)x ≥ 29 - 17

(2/3)x ≥ 12

next, multiply 3/2 to both sides to isolate the x

(3/2)(2/3)x ≥ 12(3/2)

x ≥ 12(3/2)

simplify. multiply, then divide

x ≥ (12 * 3)/2

x ≥ (36)/2

x ≥ 18

x ≥ 18 is your answer

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