Question

16, 10, 5, 7, 13

Based on your sample, what is the average age of the porcupines? What is the standard deviation? Round your

answers to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Mean = sum of the items in the sample/number of items in the sample

Number of items(ages) = 5

Sum of ages = 16 + 10 + 5 + 7 + 13 = 51

Mean = 51/5 = 10.2

Standard deviation = √(summation(x - mean)/n

Summation(x - mean) = (16 - 10.2)^2 + (10 - 10.2)^2 + (5 - 10.2)^2 + (7 - 10.2)^2 + (13 - 10.2)^2 = 78.8

Standard deviation = √78.8/5

Standard deviation = 4.0 rounded to the nearest tenth