Problem

Ages of Gamblers The mean age of a sample of 24 people who were playing the slot machines is 48.4 years, and the standard deviation is 6.8 years. The mean age of a sample of 33 people who were playing roulette is 55.4 with a standard deviation of 3.2 years. Can it be concluded at $\alpha=0.01$ that the mean age of those playing the slot machines is less than those playing roulette? Use $\mu_{1}$ for the mean age of those playing slot machines. Assume the variables are normally distributed and the variances are unequal.
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State the hypotheses and identify the claim with the correct hypothesis.
\[
\begin{array}{l}
H_{0}: \square(\text { Choose one) } \nabla \\
H_{1}: \square \text { (Choose one) } \nabla
\end{array}
\]

This hypothesis test is a (Choose one) $\nabla$ test.

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This hypothesis test is a left-tailed test.

Steps

Step 1 :State the hypotheses and identify the claim with the correct hypothesis. The hypotheses are as follows: \(H_{0}: \mu_{1} \geq \mu_{2}\) and \(H_{1}: \mu_{1} < \mu_{2}\).

Step 2 :The claim is with the alternative hypothesis \(H_{1}\): \(\mu_{1} < \mu_{2}\).

Step 3 :This hypothesis test is a left-tailed test.

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