A powder diet is tested on 49 people, and a liquid diet is tested on 36 different people. The population standard deviations are two pounds and three pounds, respectively. Of interest is whether the liquid diet yields a higher mean weight loss than the powder diet.

indicate which of the following choices best identifies the hypothesis test.

a. independent group means, population standard deviations and/or variances known

b. independent group means, population standard deviations and/or variances unknown

c. matched or paired samples

d. single mean

e. two proportions

f. single proportion