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# There are a lot of products. Is the standard deviation of the prices o

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There are a lot of products. Is the standard deviation of the prices of the products less than $60? 1) The median value of their price is$100
2) The range of their price is $110 _________________ MathRevolution: Finish GMAT Quant Section with 10 minutes to spare The one-and-only World’s First Variable Approach for DS and IVY Approach for PS with ease, speed and accuracy. "Only$149 for 3 month Online Course"
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21 Apr 2017, 19:56
I am Not sure whether i am Right....There a rule suggesting STD Should be approximately equal to One fourth the value of the range...

Here Range is 110 So STD will be less than 60...
statement 1 tells next to nothing..

Hence B
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VyshakhR1995 wrote:
I am Not sure whether i am Right....There a rule suggesting STD Should be approximately equal to One fourth the value of the range...

Here Range is 110 So STD will be less than 60...
statement 1 tells next to nothing..

Hence B

Hi VyshakhR1995,

To be precise Standard deviation of any data set will always be less than equal to Range/2.

I'll demonstrate it with a small example.

consider two numbers 6 and 10.

1. Find the mean. (6+10)/2 = 8

2. Take the difference from the mean. 8 - 6 = 2 , 10 - 8 = -2

3. Square the difference. 2^2 = 4, (-2)^2 = 4

4. Take the mean of the squares of the difference from the mean. => (4+ 4)/2 = 4

5. Take the square root of step 4 result. => $$\sqrt{4} = 2$$

Standard deviation = 2

Range = 10 - 6 = 4 .

In this case, SD is equal to Range/2.

But if you insert any other element within this range, then SD will further decrease.

=> Standard deviation <= Range/2

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==> If you modify the original condition and the question, you get standard deviation(d)≤range/2. Then, from d≤range/2=$110/2=$55<$60, it is always yes and sufficient. Therefore, the answer is B. Answer: B _________________ MathRevolution: Finish GMAT Quant Section with 10 minutes to spare The one-and-only World’s First Variable Approach for DS and IVY Approach for PS with ease, speed and accuracy. "Only$149 for 3 month Online Course"
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