Cooling down with a cold drink before exercising in the heat is believed to help an athlete perform. Researcher J. Dugas explored the difference between cooling down with an ice slurry (slushy) and with cold water in the article “Ice Slurry Ingestion Increases Running Time in the Heat”. Ten male participants drank a flavored ice slurry and ran on a treadmill in a controlled hot and humid environment. Days later, the same participants drank cold water and ran on a treadmill in the same hot and humid environment. The following table shows the times, in minutes, it took to fatigue on the treadmill for both the ice slurry and the cold water.

At the 1% significance level, do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that, on average, cold water is less effective than ice slurry for optimizing athletic performance in the heat?

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Subject 123456 4 7 8 9 10 Cold Water 52 37 44 51 34 38 41 50 29 38 Ice Slurry 56 43 52 58 38 45 45 58 34 44