When testing for the difference between two population variances with sample sizes of n₁ = 8 and n₂ = 10,the number of degrees of freedom are A) 7 and 9. B) 16. C) 8 and 10. D) 18.

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The degrees of freedom for each sample are calculated as the sample size minus one. For the first sample with n=8, the degrees of freedom are 8-1=7. For the second sample with n=10, the degrees of freedom are 10-1=9.

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