The means and S.D. of weights and heights of 100 students of a school are as follows. | | Weights | Heights | |---|---|---| | Mean | 56.5 kg | 61 inches | | S.D. | 8.76 kg | 12.18 inches | Which shows more variability, weights or heights?

The means and S.D. of weights and heights of 100 s – Class 11 Mathematics

Miscellaneous Exercise 8 (II) · Q55

The means and S.D. of weights and heights of 100 students of a school are as follows.

	Weights	Heights
Mean	56.5 kg	61 inches
S.D.	8.76 kg	12.18 inches

Which shows more variability, weights or heights?

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Step 1: $\text{C.V.(Weights)} = 100\times8.76/56.5\approx15.50\%$ .

Step 2: $\text{C.V.(Heights)} = 100\times12.18/61\approx19.97\%$ .

Step 3: Since $19.97\%>15.50\%$ , heights show more variability than weights (even though 12.18 and 8.76 are in different units, C.V. ma …

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