Question

At Mama’s Country Kitchen, they serve mashed potatoes and country fried steak. The average amount of mashed potatoes put on the plate is 4 oz. with a standard deviation of 0.2 ounces. If they decided to double their servings of mashed potatoes on each plate, what would be that standard deviation of a total of 10 servings of mashed potatoes?
a) 4
b) 10.24
c) 0.64
d) 3.2
e) 1.6

Answer 1

Answer:

b c

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

A

Step-by-step explanation:

If the standard deviation for the original serving is .2, and they doubled the size, then the deviation would become .4. Then you multiply that by the ten servings to make 4.