On Rhea's twitter account her tweets over the years have averaged about 35 likes per tweet with a standard deviation of 10. Several of here tweets have recently gone viral. Rhea's last 20 tweets have been averaging 50 likes per tweet with a standard deviation of 5. Rhea wants to know if her recent viral tweets are increasing her average likes.  What statistical test should we use to test hypothesis? (Z-Test, One-Sample T-Test, Dependent Two-Sample, or Independent Two-Sample) Why?

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On Rhea's twitter account her tweets over the years have averaged about 35 likes per tweet with a
standard deviation of 10. Several of here tweets have recently gone viral. Rhea's last 20 tweets have
been averaging 50 likes per tweet with a standard deviation of 5. Rhea wants to know if her recent viral tweets are increasing her average likes. 

What statistical test should we use to test hypothesis? (Z-Test, One-Sample T-Test, Dependent Two-Sample, or Independent Two-Sample) Why?

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