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A quality control standard requires that no more than 5 percent of bags of Halloween candy be underweight. A random

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A quality control standard requires that no more than 5 percent of bags of Halloween candy be underweight. A random sample of 200 bags showed that 16 were underweight.

(a) At α = .025, is the standard being violated? Use a right-tailed test and show your work.

(b) Find the p-value.

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