Determine the 95 Percent Confidence Interval for the Difference Between

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Short Answer

Determine the 95 percent confidence interval for the difference between two population means, where sample 1 has data: 16, 14, 19, 18, 19, 20, 15, 18, 17, 18; and sample 2 has data: 13, 19, 14, 17, 21, 14, 15, 10, 13, 15. (Assume equal population variances.)

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