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We are interested in whether children’s educational computer software costs less, on average than children’s entertainment software. Thirty-six educational software titles were randomly picked from a catalog. The mean cost was  with a standard deviation of . Thirty-five entertainment software titles were randomly picked from the same catalog. The mean cost was  with a standard deviation of  Decide whether children’s educational software costs less, on average than children’s entertainment software.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The hypothesis testing in the required format as given in the problem is as follows:

The subscripts are:

  • for the mean cost of children's educational software
  • for the mean cost of children's entertainment software.  

 The null hypothesis can be stated as follows:

         

 

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