Determining null and alternative hypotheses

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The mean SAT score in mathematics is 498. The founders of a nationwide SAT preparation course claim that graduates of the course score higher, on average, than the national mean. Suppose that the founders of the course want to carry out a hypothesis test to see if their claim has merit. State the null hypothesis H0 and the alternative hypothesis H1 that they would use.

Ho =
H1 =

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