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P-value in a two-sample t test

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Problem

A sociologist studying fertility in the United States and Canada wanted to compare how many babies, on average, women in each country have. The sociologist obtained a random sample of 88 women from each country. Here is a summary of the number of babies for the women in each sample:
Number of babiesUSCanada
Mean1, point, 971, point, 65
Standard deviation1, point, 761, point, 41
Number of women8888
They want to use these results to test start text, H, end text, start subscript, 0, end subscript, start text, colon, space, end text, mu, start subscript, start text, U, S, end text, end subscript, minus, mu, start subscript, start text, C, end text, end subscript, equals, 0 versus start text, H, end text, start subscript, start text, a, end text, end subscript, start text, colon, space, end text, mu, start subscript, start text, U, S, end text, end subscript, minus, mu, start subscript, start text, C, end text, end subscript, does not equal, 0. Assume that all conditions have been met.
What is the P-value associated with these sample results?
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