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Susan keeps track of the number of tickets sold for each play presented at The Community Theater. Within how many standard deviations from the mean do all the values fall? 

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

 
A. 3
 
 
B. 4
 
 
C. 5
 
 
D. 2
 Aug 30, 2014

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Calculate the mean first and then the standard deviation. Then:

 

2 standard deviations from the mean means...mean + 2*s.d. & mean - 2*s.d (Note, both + and -).

3, 4, & 5 s.d. are computed similarily by replacing 2* with 3, 4, or 5*.

 Aug 30, 2014
 #1
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Best Answer

Calculate the mean first and then the standard deviation. Then:

 

2 standard deviations from the mean means...mean + 2*s.d. & mean - 2*s.d (Note, both + and -).

3, 4, & 5 s.d. are computed similarily by replacing 2* with 3, 4, or 5*.

AzizHusain Aug 30, 2014

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