A random group of customers at a fast food chain were asked whether they preferred hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, or fish sandwiches. The restaurant's marketing department claims that $50 \%$ of customers prefer hamburgers, $32 \%$ of the customers prefer chicken sandwiches, and $18 \%$ of the customers prefer fish sandwiches. Is there evidence to reject this hypothesis at $\alpha = 0.05$ ? $\begin{array} { l c c c } \text { Plans } & \text { Hamburgers } & \text { Chicken } & \text { Fish } \ \text { Number of students } & 40 & 20 & 6 \end{array}$ A) There is not evidence to reject the claim that the customers' preferences are distributed as claimed because the test value 4.455 4.455 C) There is not evidence to reject the claim that the customers' preferences are distributed as claimed because the test value 4.455 4.455

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A random group of customers at a fast food chain were asked whether they preferred hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, or fish sandwiches. The restaurant's marketing department claims that $50 \%$ of customers prefer hamburgers, $32 \%$ of the customers prefer chicken sandwiches, and $18 \%$ of the customers prefer fish sandwiches. Is there evidence to reject this hypothesis at $\alpha = 0.05$ ? $\begin{array} { l c c c } \text { Plans } & \text { Hamburgers } & \text { Chicken } & \text { Fish } \ \text { Number of students } & 40 & 20 & 6 \end{array}$ A) There is not evidence to reject the claim that the customers' preferences are distributed as claimed because the test value 4.455 < 7.815 B) There is evidence to reject the claim that the customers' preferences are distributed as claimed because the test value 7.815 > 4.455 C) There is not evidence to reject the claim that the customers' preferences are distributed as claimed because the test value 4.455 < 5.991 D) There is evidence to reject the claim that the customers' preferences are distributed as claimed because the test value 5.991 > 4.455

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The Answer of A random group of customers at a fast food chain were asked whether they preferred hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, or fish sandwiches. The restaurant's marketing department claims that $50 \%$ of customers prefer hamburgers, $32 \%$ of the customers prefer chicken sandwiches, and $18 \%$ of the customers prefer fish sandwiches. Is there evidence to reject this hypothesis at $\alpha = 0.05$ ? $\begin{array} { l c c c } \text { Plans } & \text { Hamburgers } & \text { Chicken } & \text { Fish } \ \text { Number of students } & 40 & 20 & 6 \end{array}$ A) There is not evidence to reject the claim that the customers' preferences are distributed as claimed because the test value 4.455 < 7.815 B) There is evidence to reject the claim that the customers' preferences are distributed as claimed because the test value 7.815 > 4.455 C) There is not evidence to reject the claim that the customers' preferences are distributed as claimed because the test value 4.455 < 5.991 D) There is evidence to reject the claim that the customers' preferences are distributed as claimed because the test value 5.991 > 4.455

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