Suppose that you want to decide which of the two equally priced brands of light bulbs last longer. You choose a random sample of 100 bulbs of each brand and find that Brand A has a sample mean of 1,175 hours and standard deviation of 105 hours, and that Brand B has a sample mean of 1,220 hours and a standard deviation of 80 hours. Use 5% level of significance.

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Suppose that you want to decide which of the two equally priced brands of light bulbs last longer. You choose a random sample of 100 bulbs of each brand and find that Brand A has a sample mean of 1,175 hours and standard deviation of 105 hours, and that Brand B has a sample mean of 1,220 hours and a standard deviation of 80 hours. Use 5% level of significance.

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