n a sample of 59 business trips taken by employees in the HR department, a company finds that the average amount spent for the trips was $1452 with a standard deviation of $447. In a sample of 81 trips taken by the employees in the sales department is $1663 with a standard deviation of $578. When testing the hypothesis (at the 5% level of significance) that the average amount spent on trips taken by the sales department are higher than those taken by the HR department what is the test statistic? *please round your answer to 2 decimal places*

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6) In a sample of 59 business trips taken by employees in the HR department, a company finds that the average amount spent for the trips was $1452 with a standard deviation of $447. In a sample of 81 trips taken by the employees in the sales department is $1663 with a standard deviation of $578. When testing the hypothesis (at the 5% level of significance) that the average amount spent on trips taken by the sales department are higher than those taken by the HR department what is the test statistic?

*please round your answer to 2 decimal places*

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