Does octane matter? Some people believe that higher octane fuels result in better gas mileage for their cars. To test this claim, a researcher randomly selected 11 individuals (and their cars) to participate in the study. Each individual was given 10 gallons of 87-octane fuel and 10 gallons of 92-octane fuel. The number of miles each driver was able to drive until they ran out of gas with each type of fuel is recorded below.

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The government believes that higher-octane fuels result in better gas mileage for their car. To test this claim, a researcher randomly selected 11 individuals to participate in the study. Each participant received 10 gallons of gas (87-octane and 92-octane) and drove his car on a closed course. The number of miles driven until the car ran out of gas was recorded. A coin flip was used to determine whether the car was filled up with 87-octane first or92-octane first, and the driver did not know which fuel was in the tank.

We conducted a paired t-test to see if higher-octane fuels result in better gas mileage, and the test statistic was found to 1.74.

Calculate the p-value.

The p-value is  

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that

   The sample size is  n  =  11

    The test statistics is  

The null hypothesis is              

The alternative hypothesis is    

Here is the gas millage for  87-octane fuel while

Here is the gas millage for  92-octane fuel

Generally the degree of freedom is mathematically represented as

Generally from the student t -distribution table  the probability of  t = 1.74 at a degree of freedom of   is

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