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Percentage of arrests - A survey of 750 people aged 14 or older showed that 35 of them were arrested within the last year. Minitab was used to test the claim that fewer than 5% of people aged 14 or older were arrested within the last year. Use the results from the Minitab display and use a 0.01 significance level to test the stated claim.

What is the P value? Use P-value method to support or not support the claim.

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