In one study of smokers who tried to quit smoking with nicotine patch therapy, 37 were smoking one year after treatment and 35 were not smoking one year after the treatment. Use a 0.01 significance level to test the claim that among smokers who try to quit with nicotine patch therapy, the majority are smoking one year after the treatment. Do these results suggest that the nicotine patch therapy is not effective?

Identify the null and alternative hypotheses for this test. Choose the correct answer below.

A.

Upper H 0: pequals0.5

Upper H 1: pgreater than0.5

B.

Upper H 0: pequals0.5

Upper H 1: pless than0.5

C.

Upper H 0: pgreater than0.5

Upper H 1: pequals0.5

D.

Upper H 0: pequals0.5

Upper H 1: pnot equals0.5