Question

The number of calories in a 1-ounce serving of ten popular breakfast cereals is given as:

Apple Jacks 110
Froot Loops 110
Life 105
Rice Krispies 118
Cap0n Crunch 116
Kellogg's Corn Flakes 102
Lucky Charms 101
Trix 110
Cheerios 104
Kellogg's Raisin Bran 88.
What is the square of the distance from the mean of the first data point 110?

Answer 1

12.96

Explanation:

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Answer 2

12.96

Explanation:

It is convenient to use technology to compute the mean of the list of numbers of calories. Here, we find the mean to be 106.4 calories.

Then the square of the difference is ...

(110 -106.4)^2 = 3.6^2 = 12.96

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In the spreadsheet, the mean is computed using the Average( ) function.