Question

Susan keeps track of the number of tickets sold for each play presented at the community theater. within how many standard deviations of the mean do all the values fall?

135, 71, 69, 80, 158, 152, 161, 96, 122, 118, 87, 85.

Answer 1

Standard Deviation

1) B

2) A

3) D

Answer 2

The Mean = (135 + 71 + 69 + 80 + 158 + 152 + 161 + 96 + 122 + 118 + 87 + 85 ) : 12 = 111.166
The smallest value : 69
The greatest value : 161
s² = ∑( x i - x )² / ( n - 1 )
s² = ( 568.274 + 1613.3 + 1777.97 + 971.32 + 2193.42 + 1667.4 + +2483.42 + 230 + 117.38 + 46.7 + 584 + 684.66 ) : 11
s² = 1176.1676
s = √s² = √1176.1676
s ( Standard deviation ) = 34.295
All the values fall within 2 standard deviations:
x (Mean) - 2 s and x + 2 s