The table shows the distribution of the number of bristles in a Drosophila population indicating how many individuals in the population have those particular number of bristles. Calculate the variance for the number of bristles in the entire population.

a. 0.07
b. 0.71
c. 0.91
d. 1.11
e. 1.31


Answer: d. 1.11

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