The Owner of a Manufacturing Plant Employs Eighty People $\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 26 & 32 & 29 & 16 & 45 & 19 \end{array}$

Multiple Choice

The owner of a manufacturing plant employs eighty people. As part of their personnel file, she asked each one to record to the nearest one-tenth of a mile the distance they travel one way from home to work. The distances for a random sample of six employees are listed below: $\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 26 & 32 & 29 & 16 & 45 & 19 \end{array}$
Find the variance for the given data.

A) $18.9 \mathrm { mi } ^ { 2 }$
B) $5043.6 \mathrm { mi } ^ { 2 }$
C) $15.8 \mathrm { mi } ^ { 2 }$
D) $107.0 \mathrm { mi } ^ { 2 }$