Hypothesis test-independent samples t-test

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Ms. Lisa Monnin is the budget director for the New Process Company. She would like to compare the daily travel expenses for the sales staff and the audit staff. She collected the following sample information.

Sales: 131, 135, 146, 165, 136, 142

Audit: 130, 102, 129, 143, 149, 120, 139

At the .10 significance level, can she conclude that the mean daily expenses are greater for the sales staff than the audit staff? What is the p-value? (Show all work)

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