Question

Two recreational basketball teams, Eagleton and Hawkville, wanted to compare the heights of their players in inches.

The heights of Eagleton's basketball players are 70, 71, 72, 74, 74, 75, and 75. The mean height of the Eagleton players is 73 inches

The heights of Hawkville's basketball players are 70, 70, 71, 72, 72, 72, and 77. The mean height of the Hawkville players is 72 inches.

Which statement is true?


Team Hawkvilles's players heights vary the same amount as Team Eagleton's players heights.

The range of Eagleton's players heights is greater than the range of Hawkville's players heights.

Team Hawkville's players heights vary more than Team Eagleton's players heights.

Team Eagleton's players heights vary more than the heights of Hawkville's players.

Answer 1

C

Explanation:

Answer 2

Option C

Explanation:

Given -

Height of the Eagleton's basketball players are 70, 71, 72, 74, 74, 75, and 75.

The mean height of Eagleton's basketball players is 73 inches

Heights of Hawkville's basketball players are 70, 70, 71, 72, 72, 72, and 77. The mean height of the Hawkville players is 72 inches

The range of any given data set is the difference in the maximum and minimum value the frequencies with in the data set.

The range of Hawkville's basketball players is 77-70 = 7

The range of Eagleton's basketball players is 75-70 = 5

Hence, the height of Hawkville's basketball players vary more as compared to the height of players of Eagleton.

Option C is correct