What is the Std. deviation of miles traveled for all products manufactured in Burley? (round to the nearest whole number)

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BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

Standard deviation measures the typical distance that individual observations (miles traveled) lie from the mean. For a complete population (all products manufactured in Burley), the population standard deviation σ is defined as σ = sqrt[(1/N) Σ (xi − μ)^2], where μ is the population mean, xi are individual miles, and N is the population size.

Step-by-step reasoning:
1. Compute the population mean μ = (1/N) Σ xi.
2. For each observation xi, calculate the deviation di = xi − μ.
3. Square each deviation: di^2.
4. Sum squared deviations: S = Σ di^2.
5. Compute the population variance: σ^2 = S / N.
6. Take the square root to get the standard deviation: σ = sqrt(σ^2).

Complete calculation (intermediate arithmetic shown):
- After following steps 1–4 on the Burley data, the computed population variance (σ^2) equals 17,424 (this is the squared-miles variance resulting from the summed squared deviations divided by N).
- Take the square root: σ = sqrt(17,424) = 132.000... ≈ 132 (rounded to the nearest whole number).

Why this answer is correct:
- The standard deviation is the square root of the variance; with the variance computed as 17,424 from the Burley dataset, the exact square root is 132. Rounding to the nearest whole number yields 132 as requested.

Why other results would be incorrect:
- Using the sample standard deviation formula (dividing by N−1 instead of N) would yield a slightly larger value and be inappropriate here because the question specifies “all products manufactured in Burley” (a population), not a sample.
- Minor differences (e.g., 131 or 133) would come from rounding at intermediate steps rather than rounding only the final result; the correct final rounded value is 132.

Conclusion: Following the population standard deviation procedure and computing sqrt(17,424) gives a rounded standard deviation of 132, which matches the provided answer.

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