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Julie conducts an experiment to find the average word length in a book for a 4th grader and a book for a 8th grader. She finds that for the fourth grade book the mean word length is 5 letters with a range of 6 and for the 8th grade book the mean word length is 6 letters with a range of 9. Which statement is true?
A) On average, the book for the 4th grader has longer words.
B) There is not enough information to know if any of the above are true.
C) The word length varies more in the 8th grade book than the 4th grade book.
D) The longest word in the book for the 4th grader is longer than that in the 8th grade book.

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Answer: C

Step-by-step explanation: I chose this answer because in 8th graders, their mean is 6 and their range is 9, that’s a difference of 3. But in 4th graders, their mean is 5 and their range is 6, so there isn’t much of a difference for 4th graders. The answer couldn’t be A, B, or D so I came to the conclusion that it’s C. (Sorry if this explanation doesn’t make sense but I hope I got the right answer.)

The true statement is  the word length varies more in the 8th grade book than the 4th grade book.

Mean is a measure of central tendency. It is the average of a set of values. For example, if the numbers in a data set are 3,2,10, the mean is (3 + 2 + 10) /3 = 5

Range is the highest number less the least number in a data set. For example, if the numbers in a data set are 3,2,10, the range is 10 - 2 = 7

The mean word length for the fourth grade book is 5. While, the mean word length for the eighth grade book is 6. This means that on average, the average word length of the eighth grade book is greater than the mean word length for the fourth grade book

The range word length for the fourth grade book is 6. While, the range word length for the eighth grade book is 9. These means that either the longest word in the eighth grade book is more than that of the fourth grade book or that the smallest word in the eighth grade book is less than than that in the fourth grade book. This means that the  word length varies more in the 8th grade book than the 4th grade book.

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