In a sample of 41 business trips taken by employees in the HR department, a company finds that the average amount spent for the trips was $1,441 with a standard deviation of $423. In a sample of 101 trips taken by the employees in the sales department is $1,799 with a standard deviation of $653. When testing the hypothesis (at the 10% level of significance) that the variance of the amount spent on trips taken by the sales department is higher than those taken by the HR department what is the critical value? (please round your answer to 2 decimal places)

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In a sample of 41 business trips taken by employees in the HR department, a company finds that the average amount spent for the trips was $1,441 with a standard deviation of $423.

In a sample of 101 trips taken by the employees in the sales department is $1,799 with a standard deviation of $653.

When testing the hypothesis (at the 10% level of significance) that the variance of the amount spent on trips taken by the sales department is higher than those taken by the HR department

what is the critical value? (please round your answer to 2 decimal places)

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