Lucy Baker is analyzing demographic characteristics of two television programs, American Idol (population 1)and 60 Minutes (population 2).Previous studies indicate no difference in the ages of the two audiences.(The mean age of each audience is the same.)Lucy plans to test this hypothesis using a random sample of 100 from each audience.Her null hypothesis is ____________. A)$\mu$₁ - $\mu$₂ $\neq$ 0 B)$\mu$₁ - $\mu$₂ ≥ 0 C)$\mu$₁ - $\mu$₂ = 0 D)$\mu$₁ - $\mu$₂ ≤ 0 E)$\mu$₁ - $\mu$₂ ≤ 1

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The null hypothesis in hypothesis testing is typically a statement of no effect or no difference. In this case, it asserts that there is no difference in the mean ages of the two audiences, which is mathematically represented as the difference in their means being equal to zero.

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