
Jon S. answered 12/17/21
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Ho: p = 0.40
Ha: p != 0.40
sample proportion (phat) = 259/700 = 0.37
sample size(n) = 700
compute z = (phat - p)/sqrt(p * (1-p)/n) = (0.37 - 0.4)/sqrt(0.4 * 0.6/700) = -1.62
critical values for alpha = 0.01 and a two-sided test are -2.575 and 2.575
since z is not outside the range of critical values, Ho is not rejected and we cannot conclude the percentage is different from 40.