Question: Two boats, the Prada (Italy) and the Oracle (U.S.A.), are competing for a spot in the upcoming America’s Cup race. They race over a part of the course several times. Below are the sample times in minutes. At the .05 significance level, can we conclude that there is a difference in their mean times?

Boat

Times (minutes)

12.9 12.5 11.0 13.3 11.2 11.4 11.6 12.3 14.2 11.3

Oracel (USA) 14.1 14.1 14.2 17.4 15.8 16.7 16. 1 13.3 13.4 13.6 10.8 19.0