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Is the proportion of wildfires caused by humans in the south greater than the proportion of wildfires caused by humans in the west? 403 of the 481 randomly selected wildfires looked at in the south were caused by humans while 514 of the 640 randomly selected wildfires looked at the west were caused by humans. What can be concluded at the 0.10 level of significance?

H0: Psouth = Pwest

H0: Psouth <, >, or not equal to Pwest?

Test statistic: 0.16, -1.96, -0.82, or 1.49?

Which of these is the critical value(s)?: 1.28

2.33

-1.96,1.96

-1.645, 1.645

p-Value (Round to three decimal places): 0068, 0147, 0007, or 0441?

Reject the null hypothesis or Fail to reject the null hypothesis?

Insufficient or sufficient data?

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