Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A made-up tea stall records the noon temperature and the cups of hot tea it sells on five days. The temperatures are , , , and , and the sales are , , , and cups. Find . Then convert each temperature to degrees Fahrenheit with and find again. Give both to four decimal places.
, , and
With sample standard deviations, is also .
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. Celsius. The means are and cups. , and . So .
Step 2. Fahrenheit. The temperatures become , , , and . Every deviation of is times as large, so grows by and grows by too. The factors cancel: .
Answer: both times.
Watch out. The moves every value by the same amount and does not change any deviation. This is why has no unit.
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