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The average age of hospital inpatients has gradually increased to 52.5 years. Studies of two major health care systems found the following information. At the 0.05 level of significance is there sufficient evidence to conclude a difference between the two

The average age of hospital inpatients has gradually increased to 52.5 years. Studies of two major health care systems found the following information. At the 0.05 level of significance is there sufficient evidence to conclude a difference between the two variances?
The average age of hospital inpatients has gradually increased to

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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Syste System2 Sample size Sample mean Sample standard deviation 60 49.8 5.4 60 50.2 7.6

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