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During the 1990s, the fatality rate for lung cancer was 80 per 100,000 people. After the turn of the century and the establishment of newer treatments and adjustment in public health advertising, a random sample of 10,000 people exhibits only six deaths due to lung cancer. Test at the .05 significance level whether that data are proof of a reduced fatality rate for lung cancer.

Solution:
During the 1990s, the fatality rate for lung cancer was 80 per 100,000 people. A

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