Find the Variance for the Given Data $\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 61 & 33 & 18 & 51 & 56 & 18 \end{array}$

Short Answer

Find the variance for the given data. Round your answer to one more decimal place than the original data.
-The owner of a small manufacturing plant employs six 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 six distances are listed below:

$\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 61 & 33 & 18 & 51 & 56 & 18 \end{array}$

A) $15.0 \mathrm { mi } ^ { 2 }$
B) $17.9 \mathrm { mi } ^ { 2 }$
C) $10,914.2 \mathrm { mi } ^ { 2 }$
D) $366.7 \mathrm { mi } ^ { 2 }$