Question

What is the range of the following data values?

48, 61, 57, 82, 79

A. 34
B. 48
C. 130
D. 82

Answer 1

range is the difference between the highest & lowest number. to find the range of these numbers, you need to subtract the lowest, 48, from 82, the highest.
your answer is a, 34.

Answer 2

What is the range of the following data values?48, 61, 57, 82, 79

Ordering the numbers from least to greatest, we get:
48, 57, 61, 79, 82

highest - lowest = 82-48
82-48=34

the range is 34