Watches Sold in Four Days

Difficulty: Easy · Topics: Probability, Statistics, Standard Deviation

The bar chart shows how many watches a shop sold on four days.

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What is the standard deviation of the sales?

(Use the standard deviation s=√(Σ (x i-bar x)^2)/(n-1).)