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Data are collected on the number of house calls (x) made in a given week by each of 60 nurses in a certain hospital. The same data set is displayed in each of the three histograms below. NARREND
-Compare the spread of the two histograms below. Which of the following is true?
A)Data Set A has a larger spread than Data Set B.
B)Data Set A has a smaller spread than Data Set B.
C)Data Set A has the same spread as Data Set B.
D)You cannot compare the spreads of these histograms without the original data.

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Data are collected on the number of house calls (x) made in a given week by each of 60 nurses in a certain hospital. The same data set is displayed in each of the three histograms below.    NARREND
-Compare the spread of the two histograms below. Which of the following is true?  
A)Data Set A has a larger spread than Data Set B. 
B)Data Set A has a smaller spread than Data Set B. 
C)Data Set A has the same spread as Data Set B. 
D)You cannot compare the spreads of these histograms without the original data.

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Data Set B has a larger spread than Data Set A. This can be seen from the wider range of values on the x-axis, indicating that there are more nurses making a higher number of house calls in Data Set B compared to Data Set A.

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