Algebra 1 : How to find range

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Example Questions

Example Question #51 : How To Find Range

Find the range.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Range is the difference between the largest and the smallest number in the set. In this case, we have . The difference is .

Example Question #628 : Statistics And Probability

Find the range.

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Explanation:

Range is the differene between the largest and smallest number in the set. It's best to arrange the numbers from smallest to greatest. We have . So we take the difference of  and we get  as our final answer. 

Example Question #52 : How To Find Range

Find the range in the following set of numbers:

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To find the range of a set of numbers, we simply find the largest and smallest number and subtract them.  

The largest number is 21 and the smallest number is 16.  

So,

Therefore, the range is 15.

Example Question #53 : How To Find Range

Find the range of the following data set.

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Find the range of the following data set.

To find range, first identify the smallest and largest terms in your data set.

In this case, the largest number is 93

The smallest number is -36

Now, to find the range, we need to find the difference between them:

So our range is 129.

Example Question #54 : How To Find Range

Find the range of the following set of numbers:

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To find range, simply subtract the smallest from the largest. Thus,

Example Question #55 : How To Find Range

Find the range of the following set of numbers:

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Explanation:

Find the range of the following set of numbers:

Range can be found by subtracting the smallest number from the largest number. 

So our answer is 787

Example Question #55 : How To Find Range

A group of students recorded humidity for a week for a project. Here is their data set:

10%, 7%, 23%, 100%, 2%, 6%, 3%

What is the range of their data set?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The range of the data set is the difference between the greatest and lowest values of a data set. In order to solve for range, you must order the data set from least to greatest so you may take the difference. 

The data set:

10%, 7%, 23%, 100%, 2%, 6%, 3%

may be rearranged as follows:

2%, 3%, 6%, 7%, 10%, 23%, 100%

This allows us to see that the smallest number is 2% and the greatest is 100%.

Therefore, in order to solve for the range:

Example Question #54 : How To Find Range

What is the range of a class's state exam results if the scores are the following?

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Explanation:

The range of the data set is the difference between the greatest and lowest values of a data set. In order to solve for range, you must order the data set from least to greatest so you may take the difference. 

The data set:

may be rearranged as follows:

This allows us to see that the smallest number is 31 and the greatest is 94.

Therefore, in order to solve for the range:

Example Question #55 : How To Find Range

A P.E. class took the height of every student in inches. These were the results:

Find the range of the class's data set.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The range of the data set is the difference between the greatest and lowest values of a data set. In order to solve for range, you must order the data set from least to greatest so you may take the difference. 

The data set:

may be rearranged as follows:

This allows us to see that the smallest number is 25 and the greatest is 60.

Therefore, in order to solve for the range:

Example Question #51 : How To Find Range

Find the range of the following number set:

 

 
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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Find the range of the following number set:

To find the range, we need to find the greatest and smallest terms in the set.

 is our greatest value,  is our least value

So...

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