The director of a state agency believes that the average starting salary for clerical employees in the state is less than $30,000 per year. To test her hypothesis, she has collected a simple random sample of 100 starting clerical salaries from across the state and found that the sample mean is $29,750. State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses.

Select one:

a. H₀: 29,750H_A: <29,750

b. H₀: 29,750H_A: > 29,750

c. H₀: 30,000H_A: > 30,000

d. H₀: 30,000H_A: <30,000