Use the table below to answer the following question(s).
Below is a spreadsheet for Stone Age Surfboards.

Assume that the finishing time for a pair of Rockwell surfboards is triangular with a minimum value of 1.4, a most likely value of 1.5, and a maximum value of 1.8 and that finishing time for a pair of Limestone surfboards is also triangular with a minimum value of 1.8, a most likely value of 2.0, and a maximum value of 2.4.The number of trials per simulation is equal to 5000.
-What is the value of standard deviation obtained from the simulation results?
A)1.21
B)2.50
C)3.80
D)5.00

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Use the table below to answer the following question(s).
Below is a spreadsheet for Stone Age Surfboards.
  
Assume that the finishing time for a pair of Rockwell surfboards is triangular with a minimum value of 1.4, a most likely value of 1.5, and a maximum value of 1.8 and that finishing time for a pair of Limestone surfboards is also triangular with a minimum value of 1.8, a most likely value of 2.0, and a maximum value of 2.4.The number of trials per simulation is equal to 5000.
-What is the value of standard deviation obtained from the simulation results?
A)1.21 
B)2.50 
C)3.80 
D)5.00

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The standard deviation is a measure of the spread of the data. The higher the standard deviation, the more spread out the data is. In this case, the standard deviation is 1.21, which means that the data is relatively spread out.

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