Question

Lara is a wildlife researcher. They were analyzing the mean and median lengths of [7] fish their team had observed. The fish all had different lengths between [15 cm] and [33 cm]. Lara found out that they were misreading the longest length. It was actually [88 cm], not [33 cm]. What is the correct range of lengths for the fish?

1) 15 cm to 33 cm
2) 15 cm to 88 cm
3) 33 cm to 88 cm
4) 7 cm to 88 cm

Answer 1

The correct range of lengths for the fish observed by Lara is from 15 cm to 88 cm, which is option 2) 15 cm to 88 cm.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct range of lengths for the fish observed by Lara is the difference between the shortest and the longest fish. Originally, Lara misread the longest length of the fish as 33 cm when it was actually 88 cm. Since the shortest length of the fish was correctly noted as 15 cm, we can calculate the range as follows:

• Longest fish length: 88 cm
• Shortest fish length: 15 cm

The range is therefore the longest length minus the shortest length, which is 88 cm - 15 cm = 73 cm. Thus, the correct range of lengths for the fish is 15 cm to 88 cm.

So, the correct answer to the question "What is the correct range of lengths for the fish?" is option 2) 15 cm to 88 cm.