33. Trucking company. A trucking company would like to compare two different routes for efficiency. Truckers are

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33. Trucking company. A trucking company would like to compare two different routes for efficiency. Truckers are randomly assigned to two different routes. Twenty truckers following Route A report an average of 40 minutes, with a standard deviation of 3 minutes. Twenty truckers following Route B report an average of 43 minutes, with a standard deviation of 2 minutes. Histograms of travel times for the routes are roughly symmetric and show no outliers.

a) Find a 95% confidence interval for the difference in average time for the two routes.

b) Will the company save time by always driving one of the routes? Explain.

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Business Statistics

ISBN: 9780321716095

2nd Edition

Authors: Norean D. Sharpe, Paul F. Velleman, David Bock, Norean Radke Sharpe

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