Find the range for the given data.
-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: $$\begin{array} { c c c c c c }
2.6 & 5.4 & 1.6 & 4.9 & 6.7 & 3.8
\end{array}$$
Compute the range.
A)5.4
B)5.1
C)1.6
D)1.2

Question

Find the range for the given data.
-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: $$\begin{array} { c c c c c c } 
2.6 & 5.4 & 1.6 & 4.9 & 6.7 & 3.8
\end{array}$$ 
Compute the range.
A)5.4
B)5.1
C)1.6
D)1.2

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The range is calculated by subtracting the smallest value from the largest value in the data set. Here, the largest value is 6.7 and the smallest is 1.6, so the range is 6.7 - 1.6 = 5.1.

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