In a flour mill 6 bags of flour are weighed to check for consistency. The weights of the bags are 0.95kg, 1.00kg, 1.10kg, 1.05kg, 0.95kg, 1.10kg. Calculate the standard deviation of these samples (2 decimal places)
A) 0.06
B) 0.07
C) 0.08
D) 0.09

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The standard deviation is a measure of how spread out the data is. The smaller the standard deviation, the more the data is clustered around the mean. The larger the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out. In this case, the standard deviation is 0.06, which means that the data is fairly clustered around the mean.

In a Flour Mill 6 Bags of Flour Are Weighed