Suppose you are the pilot of a small commercial airplane, and you want to ensure that the plane will carry the load. What statistic would be most useful to you?

A) The mean weight of the passengers.
B) The median weight of the passengers.
C) The modal weight of the passengers.
D) The dispersion of the data representing the weight of the passengers.
E) The standard deviation of the data representing the weight of the passengers.


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