Before the 1973 oil embargo and subsequent increases in the price of crude oil, gasoline usage in the United States had grown at a seasonally adjusted rate of 0.57 percent per month, with a standard deviation of 0.10 percent per month. In 15 randomly chosen months between 1975 and 1985, gasoline usage grew at an average rate of only 0.33 percent per month. At a 0.01 level of significance, can you conclude that the growth in the use of gasoline had decreased as a result of the embargo and its consequences?

Before the 1973 oil embargo and subsequent increases in the price of crude oil, gasoline usage in the United States had grown at a seasonally adjusted rate of 0.57 percent per month, with a standard deviation of 0.10 percent per month. In 15 randomly chosen months between 1975 and 1985, gasoline usage grew at an average rate of only 0.33 percent per month. At a 0.01 level of significance, can you conclude that the growth in the use of gasoline had decreased as a result of the embargo and its consequences?

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