Question

High temperatures were recorded for 30 consecutive days:

50, 45, 49, 50, 43.49, 50, 49.45, 49, 47, 47, 44 $1,51, 44, 47, 46.50, 44, 51.49, 43, 43, 49, 45, 46, 45, 51, 46.
What is the range for the data set shown?

Answer 1

Given set
`S` the range of a set is defined as
`R(S)=\mathrm{max}(S)-\mathrm{min}(S)`.

Our maximum is 61 and our minimum is 43 so the range is 61 - 43 = 18.

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