An Environmental Scientist Obtains a Sample of Water from an Irrigation

question 50

Multiple Choice

An environmental scientist obtains a sample of water from an irrigation canal that contains a certain type of bacteria at a concentration of 8 per milliliter. Find the standard deviation of the number of bacteria in a 4-milliliter sample.

• A)5.7
• B)2.8
• C)8
• D)32

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