A medical research team is investigating the benefits of a new surgical treatment. One of the claims is that the mean recovery time for patients after the new treatment is less than 96 hours.

1. How would you write the null and alternative hypotheses when you are on the research team and want to support the claim? How should you interpret a decision that rejects the null hypothesis?

2. How would you write the null and alternative hypotheses when you are on an opposing team and want to reject the claim? How should you interpret a decision that rejects the null hypothesis?