In another company, every worker received a 5% raise. How

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In another company, every worker received a 5% raise. How does this affect the mean salary? The standard deviation of the salaries?

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QUESTION:

In another company, every worker received a 5% raise. How does this affect the mean salary? The standard deviation of the salaries?

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The mean and standard deviation both increase by 5%.

Calculate the mean if every worker received a 5% raise.

Let \(X_{\text {old }}, S_{\text {old }}:\): before raising the mean and standard deviation.

\(X_{n e w}, S_{n e w}\) : after raising the mean and standard deviation.

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