The Cost of a College Education Has Increased at a Much

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The cost of a college education has increased at a much faster rate than costs in general over the past twenty years.In order to compensate for this,many students work part- or full-time in addition to attending classes.At one university,it is believed that the average hours students work per week exceeds 20.To test this at a significance level of 0.05,a random sample of n = 20 students was selected and the following values were observed: Based on these sample data,the critical value expressed in hours:

• A)is approximately equal to 25.26 hours.
• B)is approximately equal to 25.0 hours.
• C)cannot be determined without knowing the population standard deviation.
• D)is approximately 22 hours.

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