Find the range for the given data set.
-The owner of a small manufacturing plant employs six people. As part of their personnel file, she asked each one to record to the nearest one-tenth of a mile the distance they travel one way from Home to work. The six distances are listed below. $\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 2.3 & 5.6 & 1.2 & 4.8 & 6.3 & 3.1 \end{array}$
A)$5.1 \mathrm { mi }$
B) $0.8 \mathrm { mi }$
C) $5.6 \mathrm { mi }$
D) $1.2 \mathrm { mi }$

Question

Find the range for the given data set.
-The owner of a small manufacturing plant employs six people. As part of their personnel file, she asked each one to record to the nearest one-tenth of a mile the distance they travel one way from Home to work. The six distances are listed below. $\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 2.3 & 5.6 & 1.2 & 4.8 & 6.3 & 3.1 \end{array}$  
A)$5.1 \mathrm { mi }$
B) $0.8 \mathrm { mi }$
C) $5.6 \mathrm { mi }$
D) $1.2 \mathrm { mi }$

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The range of a set of data is the difference between the highest and lowest values. In this case, the highest value is 6.3 miles and the lowest is 1.2 miles. Subtracting these gives a range of 5.1 miles.

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