A machine produces steel pins whose lengths have a variance of . What is the standard deviation of the pin lengths?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B.

  1. Step 1: Standard deviation is the square root of the variance: . **Answer: . Why not the others:** divides by 3, squares the variance, and is the variance itself.

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