Determining if the accident proportions

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An insurance company selected samples of clients under 18 years of age and over 18 and recorded the number of accidents they had in the previous year. The results are shown below.

Under Age of 18

Over Age of 18

n1 = 500

n2 = 600

Number of accidents = 180

Number of accidents = 150

We are interested in determining if the accident proportions differ between the two age groups:

The p-value is:

A. less than 0.001

B. more than 0.10

C. 0.0228

D. 0.3

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