A social media platform states that a social media post from a marketing agency has 7 hashtags, on average. A digital marketing specialist studying social media advertising believes the average number of hashtags used in a post from a marketing agency is different than the number stated by the social media platform. After completing a study, the digital marketing specialist found that the average number of hashtags used by a marketing agency in a social media post is 7.9 hashtags on average. As the digital marketing specialist sets up a hypothesis test to determine if their belief is correct, what is their claim?
a. The average number of hashtags used in a social media post from a marketing agency is different than 7 hashtags.
b. The average number of hashtags used in a social media post from a marketing agency is different than 7.9 hashtags.
c. Marketing agencies use too many hashtags in a social media post.
d. The average number of hashtags used in a social media post from a marketing agency is 7 hashtags.

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