Mauricio Cruz, a Wine Merchant for Cruz's Spirits Emporium, Wants

question 43

Multiple Choice

Mauricio Cruz, a wine merchant for Cruz's Spirits Emporium, wants to determine if the average price of imported wine is less than the average price of domestic wine. He obtair data shown in the table below.
$\begin{array}{cc}\hline \text { Imported Wine } & \text { Domestic Wine } \\\hline \bar{X}_{1}=\$ 7.03 & \bar{X}_{2}=\$ 9.78 \\s_{1}=\$ 2.31 & s_{2}=\$ 3.62 \\n=15 & n=16 \\\hline\end{array}$

What is the critical value at $\alpha = 0.05 ?$

• A) -1.753
• B) -2.131
• C) -1.761
• D) -2.145

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