Identify the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis

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The UMUC Daily News reported that the color distribution for plain M&M's was: 40% brown, 20% yellow, 10% orange, 10% green, and 20% tan.Each piece of candy in a random sample of 100 plain M&M's was classified according to color,and the results are listed below. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the published color distribution is correct. Show all work and justify your answer.

(a) Identify the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis.

(b) Determine the test statistic.Show all work; writing the correct test statistic, without supporting work, will receive no credit.

(d) Is there sufficient evidence to support the claim that the published color distribution is correct? Justify your answer.

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