It has been found that26% of men 20 years and older suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure) and 31.5% of women are hypertensive. A random sample of 142 of each gender was selected from recent hospital records, and the following results were obtained. Can you conclude that a higher percentage of women have high blood pressure? Use =0.05.

Men 41 patients had high blood pressure

Women 55 patients had high blood pressure

Usep1 for the proportion of men with high blood pressure and round all intermediate calculations to at least three decimal places.

(a) State the hypotheses and identify the claim.

(b) Find the critical value.

(c) Compute the test value.

(d) Make the decision.

(e) Summarize the results.