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How old are college students? The national age distribution for collee students are shown below. The western associateion of mountain colleges took a random sample of 212 students and obtained the distribution lited second below. Is the sample age distribution for the western association of mountain colleges a good fit to the national distribution? U a=0.05

National Age Distribution for College Students
Age
Under 26
26-35
36-45
46-55
Over 55
Percentage
39%
25%
16%
12%
8%
Sample Distribution, Western Association of Mountain College
Age
# of
Students
26-35
36-45
46-55
Over 55
Under 26
65
73
41
21
12
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Here we want to test whether the sample age distribution for the western association of mountain colleges a good fit to the national distribution.

The given data is

Age	Percentage	Number of students
Under 26	39%	65
26-35	25%	73
36-45	16%	41
46-55	12%	21
Over 55	8%	12
	100%	212

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