Question

A store manager is looking at past jewelry sales to determine what sizes of rings to keep in stock. The list shows the ring sizes purchased by the last ten jewelry customers.

9, 7, 6.5, 7.5, 7, 8, 5, 6, 7.5, 8
What is the variance of the data? Round to the nearest hundredths.
0.40
0.72
1.28
2.14

Answer 1

1.28

Explanation:

The variance is found by first finding the mean; the mean of this data set is 7.15.

Next we find the difference between each data point and the mean; square the differences; find the sum; and divide by the number of data point (10). Following these steps gives us the rounded answer 1.28.

Answer 2

i think its 1.28 but 2.14 is close to