Answer: The null hypothesis is not rejected.
Step-by-step explanation:
Since we have given that
n = 180
x = 67
So, [tex]\hat{p}=\dfrac{x}{n}=\dfrac{67}{180}=0.372[/tex]
Hypothesis :
[tex]H_0:\hat{p}\geq 0.4\\\\H_1:\hat{p}<0.4[/tex]
So, test statistic value would be
[tex]z=\dfrac{\hat{p}-p}{\sqrt{\dfrac{p(1-p)}{n}}}\\\\z=\dfrac{0.372-0.4}{\sqrt{\dfrac{0.4\times 0.6}{180}}}\\\\z=\dfrac{-0.027}{0.03645}\\\\z=-0.741[/tex]
At 0.01 level of significance, z = -1.28
So, -1.28<-0.741
So, we will not reject the null hypothesis as p - value = 0.2234.
Hence, the null hypothesis is not rejected.