A special diet is intended to reduce systolic blood pressure among patients with stage 2 hypertension. If the diet if ef

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A special diet is intended to reduce systolic blood pressure among patients with stage 2 hypertension. If the diet if effective, the target is to have the average systolic blood pressure of this group to be below 150. After six months on the diet, a random sample of 45 patients had an average systolic blood pressure of 142, with a standard decision of 22. Is this sufficient evidence that the diet is effective in meeting the target?
a) state the hypotheses.
b) if the p-value is 0.0094 and a=0.01, make a conclusion in a complete sentence related to the scenario