1. Curtis was curious about the average height of the different types of plants in his flower and vegetable gardens, so he measured each of his plants. This data set shows the heights of the flowers in his garden, in inches: 8,6,9,6,14,9,5,7 This data set shows the heights of the vegetable plants in his garden, in inches: 36,12,36,48,24,12,6,10
(a) What is the mean absolute deviation (MAD) of the flower height data? Show your work.
(b) What is the mean absolute deviation (MAD) of the vegetable height data? Show your work.
(c) Use the data to compare the two gardens. What does the MAD indicate about the variability between flower and vegetable plant heights?