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Two months ago, the mean daily rainfall in a local city was 9. 4 cm. The mean absolute deviation was 3. 5 cm. Last month, the mean daily rainfall in that city was 11. 5 cm, and the mean absolute deviation was 1. 6 cm. Which statement about the rainfall is true? More rain fell two months ago than last month. About the same amount of rain fell two months ago as last month. Last month, the amount of rain that fell each day varied about the same as the month before. Last month, the amount of rain that fell each day varied less than the month before.

Respuesta :

Last month the amount of rain that fell each day varied about the same as the month before is the right statement about the rainfall, Option c is correct.

What is the mean absolute deviation?

The average distance between each data point and the mean is the mean absolute deviation of a dataset. It offers us an indication of how variable a dataset is.

The  given data in the problem is;

Two months ago,

The mean daily rainfall in a local city was 9. 4 cm.

The mean absolute deviation was 3. 5 cm

Last month

The mean daily rainfall in that city was 11. 5 cm

The mean absolute deviation was 1. 6 cm.

We can see that there was less variation last month than the month before since the mean absolute deviation is a measure of variance.

Hence Last month the amount of rain that fell each day varied about the same as the month before is the right statement about the rainfall, Option c is correct.

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