For Exercises 21–26, assume that the populations are independent and normally distributed. Perform the indicated hypothesis tests using the critical-value method. For each exercise
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(a) (b) . Reject if . (c) . (d) Since is not , we do not reject . There is insufficient evidence at the level of significance that the population standard deviation of Population 1 is less than the population standard deviation of Population 2.