According to a government website, 42 percent of US citizens are Democrats, 34 percent are Republicans, and 24 percent are Independents. A local municipality would like to know if the distribution of political party affiliation among its citizens differs from the nationwide percentages. A random sample of 500 citizens of the municipality is selected. What are the appropriate hypotheses?

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cap h sub 0 : The distribution of political party in the municipality is  42 percent  Democrat,  34 percent  Republican, and  24 percent  Independent.  
 cap h sub A : The distribution of political party in the municipality is not  42 percent  Democrat,  34 percent  Republican, and  24 percent  Independent.

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