Price reduction resulted in an increase in sales


The manufacturer of an MP3 player wanted to know whether a 10 percent reduction in price is enough to increase the sales of its product. To investigate, the owner randomly selected eight outlets and sold the MP3 player at the reduced price. At seven randomly selected outlets, the MP3 player was sold at the regular price. Reported below is the number of units sold last month at the sampled outlets.

  Regular price

137

122

88

118

144

128

96

 

  Reduced price

122

131

152

137

114

107

115

115

At the .100 significance level, can the manufacturer conclude that the price reduction resulted in an increase in sales? Hint: For the calculations, assume the Reduced price as the first sample.

The pooled variance is . (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

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