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The null and alternative hypotheses are:
Ho:u1=u2
H1: u1=u2
A random sample of 15 observations from the first population revealed a sample mean of 350 and a sample standard deviation of 12. a random sample of 17 observations from the second population revealed a sample mean of 342 and a sample standard deviation of 15. at the .10 significance level, is there a difference in the population means?

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