Find the Range for the Given Data $$\begin{array} { c c c c c c } 2.6 & 5.4 & 1.6 & 4.9 & 6.7 & 3.8\end{array}$$

question 42

Multiple Choice

Find the range for the given data.
-The owner of a small manufacturing plant employs six people. As part of their personnel file, she asked each one to record to the nearest one-tenth of a mile the distance they travel one way from home to work. The six distances are listed below: $$\begin{array} { c c c c c c } 2.6 & 5.4 & 1.6 & 4.9 & 6.7 & 3.8\end{array}$$
Compute the range.

• A)5.4
• B)5.1
• C)1.6
• D)1.2

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