A report released by a region's bureau of labor statistics found the average annual household spending on food at home in 2014 was $3,849. Suppose a
random sample of 137 households in a certain city was taken to determine whether the average annual expenditure on food at home was less for
consumer units in the city than in the region as a whole. The sample results are shown in the accompanying table. Based on the sample results, can it be
concluded at the $\alpha = 0.02$ level of significance that average consumer-unit spending for food at home in the city is less than the regional average?
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State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses. Choose the correct answer below.
$\bigcirc$ A. $H_0: \mu \leq 3,849$
$H_A: \mu \geq 3,849$
$\bigcirc$ D. $H_0: \mu \neq 3,849$
$H_A: \mu = 3,849$
$\bigcirc$ B. $H_0: \mu = 3,849$
$H_A: \mu \neq 3,849$
$\bigcirc$ E. $H_0: \mu > 3,849$
$H_A: \mu \leq 3,849$
$\bigcirc$ C. $H_0: \mu \geq 3,849$
$H_A: \mu < 3,849$
$\bigcirc$ F. $H_0: \mu \leq 3,849$
$H_A: \mu > 3,849$