Name: _____________________

Algebra II Warm-Up

“Fruit by the Foot” has been using the slogan “3 feet of fun!” for years, and a student was

wondering if their favorite childhood snack is actually 3 feet long. They measured 8 different

“Fruit by the Foot” and recorded the following lengths (in feet):

3.1, 3.05, 3.02, 2.98, 3.075, 2.97, 3.065, 2.95

a.) Find the mean and standard deviation of this data.

b.) Based on your findings above, what does that tell you about their slogan? Do you think it

would be possible to have a standard deviation of 0? Explain your answer.