Question

The highest temperature ever recorded for a person with a fever who survived was 115 degrees. Alternatively, the lowest temperature ever recorded on a patient who survived was 56.7 degrees. If the average temperature is 98.6 degrees, which extreme temperature was furthest from the norm? How much further?

Answer 1

the minimum temperature was furthest from the norm. it was 23.5 degrees further

Explanation:

difference between the max and median = 115-98.6 = 16.4

difference between the median and minimum = 98.6 - 58.7 = 39.9

the difference between the median and minimum (39.9) is greater than the distance between the maximum and median (16.4). thus, the minimum temperature was furthest from the norm. the difference in differences is 39.9 - 16.4 = 23.5 degrees. this means that the minimum temperature was 23.5 degrees further away from the norm than the maximum was