What is the appropriate null hypothesis for this problem?

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Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.4: Distributions Of Data
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A tax collector wishes to see if the mean values of the tax-exempt properties are different for two cities. He randomly selects 16 tax-exempt
properties from City A and another 16 from City B and computed for their corresponding values. Assume that the values of the tax-exempt
properties have an approximately normal distribution. What is the appropriate null hypothesis for this problem?
a. μA-μB>0
b. HAHB
O C. HA- HB #0
O d.
HA HB
e.
None of these.
Transcribed Image Text:A tax collector wishes to see if the mean values of the tax-exempt properties are different for two cities. He randomly selects 16 tax-exempt properties from City A and another 16 from City B and computed for their corresponding values. Assume that the values of the tax-exempt properties have an approximately normal distribution. What is the appropriate null hypothesis for this problem? a. μA-μB>0 b. HAHB O C. HA- HB #0 O d. HA HB e. None of these.
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