Question

Position Height 5 The height and weight of the starting players on the Big Buckets basketball team are given in the table. A. What is the range of the heights? B. What is the mean height? C. What is the range of the weights? Center Forward Forward Guard Guard 206 193 198 172 190 Weight (kg) 91.8 85.3 84.9 78.0 81.5 D. What is the mean weight?

Answer 1

1) Let's begin with the table. Note that cm relates to the height

height 206 193 198 172 190

weight 91.8 85.3 84.9 78 81.5

A) The Rage of the heights is obtained by subtracting the biggest from the smallest one

Range: 206 -172 = 34

B) The mean height is obtained by this formula, the sum of those heights divided by the number of heights (5)

`\begin{gathered} x=(206+193+198+172+190)/(5) \\ x=(959)/(5)=191.8 \end{gathered}`

C) The range of the weights, similarly to the heights shows us how spread are the weights. Subtracting the heaviest from the lightest player

Range of the weights: 91.8 -78 =13.8

D) The mean weight, similarly to B is obtained this way

`\begin{gathered} x=(91.8+85.3+84.9+78+81.5)/(5) \\ x=84.3 \end{gathered}`

3) Hence, the answers are

A) 34 cm

B) 191.8 cm

C) 13.8 kg

D) 84.3 kg