The average cost of tuition, room and board at small private liberal arts colleges is reported to be $8,745 per term, but a financial administrator believes that the average cost is less than this. A study conducted using 350 small liberal arts colleges showed that the average cost per term is $8,500 and the population standard deviation from previous studies is $1,200. Let = 0.05 .What are the null and alternative hypotheses for this study?

The average cost of tuition, room and board at small private liberal arts colleges is reported to be $8,745 per term, but a financial administrator believes that the average cost is less than this. A study conducted using 350 small liberal arts colleges showed that the average cost per term is $8,500 and the population standard deviation from previous studies is $1,200. Let = 0.05 .What are the null and alternative hypotheses for this study?

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