Another river is a smaller but very important source of water flowing out of the park...

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Another river is a smaller but very important source of water flowing out of the park from a different drainage. Ten recent years of annual water flow data are shown below (units 108 cubic meters). 3.83 3.81 4.01 4.84 5.81 5.50 4.31 5.81 4.31 4.27 Although smaller, is the new river more reliable? Use the coefficient of variation to make an estimate. (SALT may be helpful for performing part of this calculation. Round your answers to two decimal place.) original river's coefficient of variation smaller river's coefficient of variation What do you conclude? The smaller river is more consistent. The original river is more consistent. Neither river is more consistent. % % Based on the data, would it be safe to allocate at least 30 units of the orginal river water each year for agricultural and domestic use? Why or why not? No, Q3 is less than 30 which means more than three quarters of the river flows are below 30. Yes, Q1 is greater than 30 which means over three quarters of the river flows are at or above 30. Yes, since 30 is an lower outlier it will be very rare to have a flow below 30. No, since 30 is an upper outlier it will be very rare to have a flow at or above 30. No, the median is less than 30 which means more than half the river flows are below 30. Another river is a smaller but very important source of water flowing out of the park from a different drainage. Ten recent years of annual water flow data are shown below (units 108 cubic meters). 3.83 3.81 4.01 4.84 5.81 5.50 4.31 5.81 4.31 4.27 Although smaller, is the new river more reliable? Use the coefficient of variation to make an estimate. (SALT may be helpful for performing part of this calculation. Round your answers to two decimal place.) original river's coefficient of variation smaller river's coefficient of variation What do you conclude? The smaller river is more consistent. The original river is more consistent. Neither river is more consistent. % % Based on the data, would it be safe to allocate at least 30 units of the orginal river water each year for agricultural and domestic use? Why or why not? No, Q3 is less than 30 which means more than three quarters of the river flows are below 30. Yes, Q1 is greater than 30 which means over three quarters of the river flows are at or above 30. Yes, since 30 is an lower outlier it will be very rare to have a flow below 30. No, since 30 is an upper outlier it will be very rare to have a flow at or above 30. No, the median is less than 30 which means more than half the river flows are below 30.

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