Wildlife: Coyotes A random sample of 46 adult coyotes in a region of northern Minnesota showed the average age to be x 5 2.05 years, with sample standard deviation s 5 0.82 years (based on information from the book Coyotes: Biology, Behavior and Management by M. Bekoff, Academic Press). However, it is thought that the overall population mean age of coyotes is m 51.75. Do the sample data indicate that coyotes in this region of northern Minnesota tend to live longer than the average of 1.75 years? Use a 5 0.01.

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