Mathematics

Lorelai Wiggins

7 May, 08:15

Family A and Family B both have 8 people in their family.

The ages of each member is listed below.

Family A: 35, 5, 42, 9, 16, 3, 8, 12

Family B: 1, 5, 29, 3, 7, 35, 6, 9

Which statement is correct about the variability of the two

families?

a. The variability is the same for both Family A and Family B

because they have the same mean absolute deviation

b. The variability for Family A is greater because the mean is

greater for Family A

c. The variability for Family B is greater because the mean

absolute deviation is greater for Family

d. There is not enough information to determine the variability,