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Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods are two of the best golfers to ever play the game. To show how these two golfers would compare if both were playing at the top of their game, the following data provide the results of 18-hole scores during the PGA tournment competition.

Palmer Woods
N=112 N=84
X= 69.95 X=69.56

Use the sample results to test the hypothesis of no difference between the population mean 18-hole scores for the two golfers.

A State the hypothesis

B. At a=0.01, what is your conclusion as to who is the better player?

Use a standard deviation of two.

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