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A research center claims that
24%
of adults in a certain country would travel into space on a commercial flight if they could afford it. In a random sample of
1000
adults in that country,
26%
say that they would travel into space on a commercial flight if they could afford it. At
α=0.10,
is there enough evidence to reject the research center's claim?
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