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Chapter 10: Q. 16 (page 597)

Use the following information to answer the next three exercises: A study is done to determine which of two soft drinks has more sugar. There are 13 cans of Beverage A in a sample and six cans of Beverage B. The mean amount of sugar in Beverage A is 36 grams with a standard deviation of 0.6 grams. The mean amount of sugar in Beverage B is 38 grams with a standard deviation of 0.8 grams. The researchers believe that Beverage B has more sugar than Beverage A, on average. Both populations have normal distributions.

Are standard deviations known or unknown?

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The population standard deviations are unknown in both cases.

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Given information

A study is being conducted to see which of two soft drinks contains the most sugar. A sample contains 13 cans of Beverage A and six cans of Beverage B. Beverage A contains 36 grammes of sugar on average, with a standard variation of 0.6 grammes. Beverage B has 38 grammes of sugar on average, with a standard variation of 0.8 grammes. Beverage B, on average, has more sugar than Beverage A, according to the experts. The distributions of both populations are normal.

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Is it possible to know both population standard deviations?

The sample standard deviations for both beverages' sugar content are known. The population standard deviations, however, are unknown.

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