California and New York lead the list of average teachers€™ salaries. The California yearly average is $64,421 while teachers in New York make an average annual salary of $62,332. Random samples of 45 teachers from each state yielded the following.

At a = 0.10 is there a difference in means of the salaries?
a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.
b. Find the critical value(s).
c. Compute the test value.
d. Make the decision.
e. Summarize the results.

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California New York Sample mean Population standard devn 8,200 7,800 64,510 8.200 62,900