Question

According to the graph, drug-induced deaths in America in 2007 rose to nearly 40,000. Motor vehicle fatalities reached nearly 45,000. What is the range of these two statistics?

Answer 1

Based on the graph, the range of the two statistics of drug-induced deaths and the motor vehicle fatalities is about 5000. To get the range of the data, one must get the difference between the largest and smallest values.

In addition, the calculation of the range is very straightforward because you just need to know the highest and smallest data value.

Answer 2

Answer: 5,000

The range in statistics is the difference between the lowest and highest values. In our example: In {40,000 and 45,000) is our set of data, the lowest value is 40,000, and the highest is 45,000.

The range of these two statistics is (45,000-40,000) or 5,000 which means that drug-induced deaths in America in 2007 is lower by 5,000 compared to motor vehicle fatalities.