Question

Trisha had the following seven distances (in feet) in the triple jump.

29, 30, 28, 32, 28, 31, 27
What was the range of her distances?
A 1
B 3
C 4
D 5

Answer 1

It is actually 3

Explanation:

The lower quartile is 28 and the higher quartile is 30.5, so the differences is 2.5 which is rounded to 3 you are welcome!

Answer 2

The range of a data set is the greatest value minus the smallest value.

The greatest value here is 32, and the smallest value is 27:


`\sf Range=32-27=\boxed{\sf 5}`