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A marketing company tested six different ovens to determine which oven cooked a baguette the fastest. The cooking times for the first three ovens were a minutes, b minutes, and c minutes, respectively. These three cooking times produced a standard deviation of d minutes. Was the standard deviation of the cooking times of the next three ovens greater than d minutes?

(1) The mean cooking time for the last three ovens was equal to the mean cooking time for the first three ovens.
(2) The cooking times for the last three ovens was equal to a + x, b + x, and c + x minutes, respectively.


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A) Even if the mean was same for the next three, they could be wide spread, or they could be same values.
hence the standard deviation will vary - ( so reject)

B) the mean of next three will be x ( a constant more) than first three
Adding a constant doesn't affect. Hence This statement is sufficient!

Hence Ans is B


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