Question
fastest recorded speeds of various large wild cats (miles per hour) 70,50,30,40,35,30,30,40,15.
The standard deviation of is 14.01 and the mean is 37.7
I have created a dot plot of the data and now I need to find out within how many standard deviations of the mean does all the data fall but I am not sure how to do this Please help
The standard deviation of is 14.01 and the mean is 37.7
I have created a dot plot of the data and now I need to find out within how many standard deviations of the mean does all the data fall but I am not sure how to do this Please help
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The maximum value is 70, which is
(70-37.7)/14.01=2.3 standard deviations above the mean.
You can calculate similarly for the smallest value of 15.
(70-37.7)/14.01=2.3 standard deviations above the mean.
You can calculate similarly for the smallest value of 15.