Why does the formula for calculating the sample variance, s squared equals startfraction summation from nothing to nothing left parenthesis x minus x overbar right parenthesis squared over n minus 1 endfraction s2= ∑x−x2 n−1 , involve squaring the difference between each value and the mean?

Sara has been reading about different types of financial grants, including federal pell grants, academic competitiveness grants, smart grants, and teach grants. which statement about these grants is true? filling out a fafsa will not her apply for these grants. she will not have to pay back any funds she receives from these grants. these grants only go to students with less than a 3.0 gpa. she will have to pay back all the funds she receives from these grants.