The following histograms use data from the 50 US states. The histograms display the distributions ofpercentage of a state's residents who are Mexican. There is a separate histogram for each region of the US in which the states are located (Midwest, Northeast, South, West).

Distributions of Regional Percentage of Mexican Residents Distributions of Regional Percentage of Mexican Residents

Question 1:

Which region has the smallest standard deviation in these percentages?

Question 2:

Of the following regions, which one has the largest standard deviation in these percentages?

Question 3:

In the South distribution, if you removed the state with 24% Mexican residents, what would happen to the mean and median for the South region?

The mean would become larger, but the median would stay about the same

The mean would become lower, but the median would stay about the same

The median would become larger, but the mean would stay about the same

The median would become lower, but the mean would stay about the same

The mean and the median would both become dramatically smaller

The mean and the median would both become dramatically larger