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Question
If the variance of a data is 121, then the standard deviation of the data is ______.
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Solution
If the variance of a data is 121, then the standard deviation of the data is 11.
Explanation:
We know that S.D. = `sqrt("Variance")`
= `sqrt(121)`
= 11
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