The mayor of a town has proposed a plan for the construction of a new bridge. a political study took a sample of 1200 voters in the town and found that 56% of the residents favored construction. using the data, a political strategist wants to test the claim that the percentage of residents who favor construction is more than 53%. state the null and alternative hypotheses.

Step-by-step explanation:

Claim :  A a political strategist wants to test the claim that the percentage of residents who favor construction is more than 53%.

Let 'p' be the percentage of residents who favor construction .

Claim :

We know that the null hypothesis has equal sign.

Therefore , the null hypothesis for the given situation will be opposite to the given claim will be :-

And the alternative hypothesis must be :-

Thus, the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis for this test :