Find the Variance for the Given Data $\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 26 & 32 & 29 & 16 & 45 & 19 \end{array}$

question 102

Multiple Choice

Find the variance for the given data. Round your answer to one more decimal place than the original data.
-The owner of a small manufacturing plant employs six people. As part of their personnel file, she asked each one to record to the nearest one-tenth of a mile the distance they travel one way from home to work. The six
Distances are listed below: $\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 26 & 32 & 29 & 16 & 45 & 19 \end{array}$

• A) \(15.8 \mathrm { mi } ^ { 2 }\)
• B) \(5043.6 \mathrm { mi } ^ { 2 }\)
• C) \(18.9 \mathrm { mi } ^ { 2 }\)
• D) \(107.0 \mathrm { mi } ^ { 2 }\)

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