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A Consumer Advocate Decided to Investigate the Average Wait Time

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A consumer advocate decided to investigate the average wait time for a table for one at two local restaurants. Eighteen customers were sent to each restaurant at the same randomly selected times and the time they waited for a table was recorded in minutes. The following sample data was obtained.
 A 101579205155701012196052218 B 121751282102563510149222018513\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|}\hline \text { A } & 10 & 15 & 7 & 9 & 20 & 5 & 15 & 5 & 7 & 0 & 10 & 12 & 19 & 6 & 0 & 5 & 22 & 18 \\\hline \text { B } & 12 & 17 & 5 & 12 & 8 & 2 & 10 & 25 & 6 & 35 & 10 & 14 & 9 & 22 & 20 & 18 & 5 & 13 \\\hline\end{array}

Find a 90%90 \% confidence interval for the difference, μAμB\mu _ { A } - \mu _ { B } , between the mean wait time for restaurant A\mathrm { A } and the mean wait time for restaurant B\mathrm { B } .


A) (10.28,13.5) ( 10.28,13.5 )
B) (7.45,1) ( - 7.45 , - 1 )
C) (1,7.45) ( - 1,7.45 )
D) (7.45,1) ( - 7.45,1 )
E) (13.5,10.28) ( - 13.5 , - 10.28 )

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