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In trying to estimate the amount of growth that took place in the trees recently planted by the county parks commission, 36 trees were randomly selected form the 4,000 planted. The heights of these trees were measured and recorded. One year later, another set of 42 trees was randomly selected and measured. Do the two sets of date (36 heights, 42 heights) represent dependent or independent samples? Explain 

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