Question

two golfers plan to enter a tournament where the score will be determined as a team score. golfer x has a mean score of 85.4 and St. Deviation of 3.2 while golfer y has a mean score of 89.6 and St. deviation of 4.1. what is their expected team score and the variation associated with it?

Answer 1

Add the mean scores (giving 170). The standard deviation of the total score is the square root of the sum of the squares (5.2)

Answer 2

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