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A study is done to determine if Company A retains its workers longer than Company B. Company A samples 15workers, and their average time with the company is five years with a standard deviation of 1.2. Company B samples 20 workers, and their average time with the company is 4.5 years with a standard deviation of 0.8. The populations are
a. Are the population standard deviations known?
b. Conduct an appropriate hypothesis test. At the 5% significance level, what is your conclusion?

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