Two car hire firms A and B have the following records of number of cars together with records of breakdown per car for the year 2015. Firm Number of cars  mean no of breakdown standard deviation A 35 3.46 0.842 B 37 3.64 0.955 The A firm claims that from the figures, its cars are more reliable. Test this claim at 5% level of significance.

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Two car hire firms A and B have the following records of number of cars together with records of breakdown per car for the year 2015.

Firm Number of cars  mean no of breakdown standard deviation
A 35 3.46 0.842
B 37 3.64 0.955

The A firm claims that from the figures, its cars are more reliable. Test this claim at 5% level of
significance.

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