A Surfer Visited His Favorite Beach 50 Times and Recorded

question 26

Essay

A surfer visited his favorite beach 50 times and recorded the wave height each time in the following table. (See the Excel Data File.)
A) Calculate the average wave height.
B) Calculate the variance and standard deviation wave height for this sample.

• A) Calculate the average wave height.
• B) Calculate the variance and standard deviation wave height for this sample.

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