Assume That the Population Distributions of Times (In Hours) of Two

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Essay

Assume that the population distributions of times (in hours) of two different surgeries are normal with equal variances. Two random samples, drawn independently from the populations, showed the following statistics. = 10, = 2.5, = 0.04 = 11, = 2.6, = 0.09
Construct and interpret a 90% confidence interval for the true difference in mean amount of time of the two surgeries.

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