In a hypothesis test, the null hypothesis states that the population proportion of individuals who support a certain political candidate is equal to 0.6. A sample of size 400 is taken and 175 individuals support the candidate. What is the Z-score for this hypothesis test?

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In a hypothesis test, the null hypothesis states that the population proportion of individuals who support a certain political candidate is equal to 0.6. A sample of size 400 is taken and 175 individuals support the candidate. What is the Z-score for this hypothesis test?
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The hypothesized population proportion is p subscript 0 equals 0.6

The sample size is n equals 400

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