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Suppose that a teacher plans to give four students a quiz. The minimum possible score on the quiz is 0, and the maximum possible score is 10.

What is the set of four student scores that would make the standard deviation as large as it could possibly be? Use your calculator to find this largest possible standard deviation.

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5 is the largest it could possibly be

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