State the null and alternative hypotheses

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A consumer protection agency is testing a sample of cans of tomato soup from a company.  If they find evidence that the average level of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in tomato soup from this company is greater than 100 ppb (parts per billion), they will recall all the soup and sue the company.

(a) State the null and alternative hypotheses.

(b) Using the context of the problem, what would a Type I Error be in this situation?

(c) Using the context of the problem, what would a Type II Error be in this situation?

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