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The amount of damage (in millions of dollars) done by ten of the 30 most expensive hurricanes to hit the U.S. mainland between 1990 and 2010 has a mean of 13,620 million dollars.

Compare the deviation for the value 12,775 million dollars to the deviation for the value 27,790 million dollars.

(a) Which one is closer to the mean?

(b) In your own words, what does this mean in context of the given situation?


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