Problem

QUESTION $17 \cdot 1$ POINT
The following data values represent the daily amount spent by a family during a 5 day summer vacation. Find the standard deviation of this dataset:
\[
\$ 120, \$ 60, \$ 250, \$ 120, \$ 200
\]
- Round the final answer to one decimal place.

Provide your answer below:
\[
\text { std }=
\]
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Round the standard deviation to one decimal place, obtaining \(\boxed{66.9}\).

Steps

Step 1 :Given data values are \$120, \$60, \$250, \$120, \$200.

Step 2 :Calculate the mean of the data values, which is \$150.0.

Step 3 :Subtract the mean from each data value and square the result, obtaining 900.0, 8100.0, 10000.0, 900.0, 2500.0.

Step 4 :Find the mean of these squared differences, which is 4480.0.

Step 5 :Take the square root of the mean of the squared differences to get the standard deviation, which is 66.9.

Step 6 :Round the standard deviation to one decimal place, obtaining \(\boxed{66.9}\).

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