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Confidence Intervals · Challenge problem

Two independent studies each report a 95%95\% confidence interval of the form estimate ± 1.96×\pm\, 1.96 \times standard error, with normal sampling distributions: (10, 14)(10,\ 14) for μ1\mu_1 and (13, 17)(13,\ 17) for μ2\mu_2. Using the same two estimates and standard errors, find the LOWER end of the 95%95\% confidence interval for μ2−μ1\mu_2 - \mu_1. Express your answer in simplest radical form.