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A bicycle safety organization claims that fatal bicycle accidents are uniformly distributed throughout the week. The table below shows the day of the week for which 778 randomly selected fatal bicycle accidents occurred. At ? = 0.10, can you reject the claim that the distribution is uniform? Complete parts (a) through (d) below.
(a) State H? and H? and identify the claim
(b) Determine the critical value and the rejection region
(c) Calculate the text statistic
(d) Decide whether to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis. Then interpret the decision in the context of the original claim. Choose the correct highlighted options.

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(a) State H? and H? and identify the claim.
Choose the correct highlighted options
H?: The distribution of fatal bicycle accidents throughout the week is (uniform or not uniform)
H?: The distribution of fatal bicycle accidents throughout the week is (uniform or not uniform)
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