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Find the standard deviation of the data in the stem-and-leaf plot to the nearest hundredth. |
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217.00 |
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11.74 |
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228.50 |
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10.72 |
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The enrollments at the University of Texas at Austin in some recent years were 47,905, 48,008, 48,857, 48,906, and 49,009. Find the standard deviation of the data. |
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461.28 |
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452.93 |
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434.00 |
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477.62 |
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Which of the graphs will have the lowest standard deviation? |
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Compute the variance and standard deviation for the set of {3, 4, 4, 7, 9, 9, 12, 16}. Round to the nearest tenth. |
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15.8; 4.0 |
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17.5; 4.2 |
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4.2; 2.0 |
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16.5; 4.1 |
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Compute the variance and standard deviation for the set of {284, 298, 302, 305, 310, 314, 321, 331, 337, 348}. Round to the nearest tenth. |
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335.7; 18.3 |
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289.2; 17.0 |
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341.0; 18.5 |
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337.9; 18.4 |
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