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Officials are concerned that coyotes are getting larger and wreaking havoc on local wildlife. Coyotes were captured, weighed, and released in 2022 and 2023 with the data posted above. Perform a two-sample t-test for whether the average weight of a coyote has changed (2023 – 2022). It is safe to assume coyote weights for both years follow a normal distribution but do not assume the variance is equal between the years. Let . Calculate the test statistic for the appropriate test. Round to 3 decimals.