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(a) Identify the claim and state H0 and Ha.

(b) Find the critical value(s) and identify the rejection region(s).

(c) Find the standardized test statistic.

(d) Decide whether to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis.

(e) Interpret the decision in the context of the original claim.

A state-by-state survey found that the proportions of adults who are smokers in state A and state B were 18.6% and 25.6%, respectively. (Suppose the number of respondents from each state was 3000.) At of= 0.05, can you support the claim that the proportion of adults who are smokers is lower in state A than in state B? Assume the random samples are independent. Complete parts (a) through (e). (a) Identify the claim and state Ho and Ha The claim is "the proportion of adults who are smokers in state A is the proportion of adults who are smokers in state B."