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Question 14
5 pts
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The owner of a professional basketball team claims that the mean attendance at games is over 30,000 and therefore the team needs a new arena. Determine whether the hypothesis test for this claim is left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-tailed.

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left-tailed
two-tailed
right-tailed

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Final Answer: The hypothesis test for this claim is \(\boxed{\text{right-tailed}}\).

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Step 1 :The owner of a professional basketball team claims that the mean attendance at games is over 30,000 and therefore the team needs a new arena. We need to determine whether the hypothesis test for this claim is left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-tailed.

Step 2 :Since the claim is that the mean attendance is over a certain value (30,000), this is a test of a greater than type. Therefore, the test is right-tailed.

Step 3 :Final Answer: The hypothesis test for this claim is \(\boxed{\text{right-tailed}}\).

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