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According to a study by Dr. John McDougall of his live-in weight loss program at St. Helena Hospital, the people who follow his program lose between six and 
pounds a month until they approach trim body weight. Let’s suppose that the weight loss is uniformly distributed. We are interested in the weight loss of a randomly selected individual following the program for one month.
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Step 1.
The formula and calculation for the standard deviation is as follows:
Therefore, the standard deviation 
is
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Introductory Statistics
OER Edition, 2013
Openstax
ISBN: 9781938168208
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