What is the best way to convert variance in one

Crystal Wheeler

Crystal Wheeler

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2022-07-04

What is the best way to convert variance in one measurement unit to variance in another measurement unit? For example:
The variance of the heights of the mango trees in your garden is 13 square feet. What will be the variance in yards?

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owerswogsnz

owerswogsnz

Beginner2022-07-05Added 12 answers

As a general property of variance, Var ( c X ) = c 2 Var ( X ) where X is a random variable and c is a constant. Converting X from being in feet to yards would be using c = 1 3 , so your variance should be 13 9 yards squared.

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