Two baseball coaches compare the number of runs scored by their teams in their last…

MATHEMATICS · Multi-part · A Level · Mathematics · Data presentation and interpretation · Data presentation and interpretation

Problem

Two baseball coaches compare the number of runs scored by their teams in their last ten games:
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(1) Show that the two teams have the same mean and range of runs scored. (2) Which team's performance do you suspect is more variable? Check your answer by finding the standard deviation for each data set. (3) Does the range or the standard deviation give a better indication of variability?

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