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In US, the mean weekly earning of male works was $1005 last year. A random sample...

In US, the mean weekly earning of male works was $1005 last year. A random sample of 50 female workers, their weekly earnings also last year in dollars are provided in the following table.

560

360

688

1301

49

582

751

4131

3211

646

1312

1931

764

297

232

699

88

364

1111

427

1235

494

3430

298

245

448

785

1931

994

152

875

920

826

756

440

448

295

646

896

353

619

887

1079

59

219

1019

1001

411

1217

562

At the 5% significance level, do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that last year the mean weekly earnings of female workers are less than the mean weekly earnings of male workers?

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