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A recent drug survey showed an increase in the use of drugs and alcohol among local high school seniors as compared to the national percent. Suppose that a survey of  local seniors and  national seniors is conducted to see if the proportion of drug and alcohol use is higher locally than nationally. Locally,  seniors reported using drugs or alcohol within the past month, while  national seniors reported using them.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The hypothesis testing in the required format as given in the problem is as follows:

Where, subscript stands for the local high school and for the national high school. 

 The null hypothesis can be stated as follows:

         

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