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Solve 2^x=32 and rewrite this equation in a logarithmic form

Do more republicans (group a) than democrats (group b) favor a bill to make it easier for someone to own a firearm? two hundred republicans and two hundred democrats were asked if they favored a bill that made it easier for someone to own a firearm. how would we write the alternative hypothesis?