Exhibit 11-3.The following are the competing hypotheses and the relevant summary statistics. Sample 1: n₁ = 10 Sample 2: n₂ = 9 Refer to Exhibit 11-3.The p-value associated with the value of the test statistic is 0.3692.At the 5% significance level,which of the following conclusions is correct? A)We reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the variances differ. B)We do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the variances differ. C)We reject the null hypothesis and cannot conclude that the variances differ. D)We do not reject the null hypothesis and cannot conclude that the variances differ.

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Since the p-value is greater than the significance level of 0.05, we do not have enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis. Therefore, we cannot conclude that the variances differ. Choice D is the correct conclusion.