listed below are costs in dollars of round trip flights between two cities. All flights involve one stop and a two week stay. Find a coefficient of variation for each of the two sets of data, then compare the variation.
30 days in advance: 250 286 305 256 288 282 254
1 day in advance: 454 619 557 912 619 1049 562
The coefficient of variation for the prices of tickets purchased 30 days in advance is ____% (round to the three decimal places as needed)

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Answer:

coefficient of variation = 7.108%

Step-by-step explanation:

From the given information:

The objective is to determine the  coefficient of variation for the prices of tickets purchased 30 days in advance is ____%

The mean [tex]\overline x[/tex] = [tex]\dfrac{250+286+305+256+288+282+254}{7}[/tex]

The mean [tex]\overline x[/tex] = [tex]\dfrac{1921}{7}[/tex]

The mean [tex]\overline x[/tex] = 274.4285714

The standard deviation also can be computed as follows:

[tex]\sigma =\sqrt{ \dfrac{\sum (x_i-\mu)^2}{N}}[/tex]

[tex]\sigma =\sqrt{ \dfrac{ (250-274.43)^2+(286-274.43)^2+(305-274.43)^2+...+(254-274.43)^2}{7}}[/tex][tex]\sigma =19.507[/tex]

Finally; the coefficient of variation can be calculated with the formula:

coefficient of variation = [tex]\dfrac{\sigma}{\overline x}[/tex]

coefficient of variation = [tex]\dfrac{19.507}{274.43}[/tex]

coefficient of variation = 0.07108

coefficient of variation = 7.108%