SOLUTION: I have a problem that reads "Find the mean,median, mode, and range of each data set." The problem is I do not know what they mean by range and I cannot find it in my book either.

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Question 38882: I have a problem that reads "Find the mean,median, mode, and range of each data set." The problem is I do not know what they mean by range and I cannot find it in my book either.
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given the data
1,2,2,2,2,3,4,5,5,5,5,5,7,7,7,9

then the range is the "spread": (largest-smallest). So, 9-1 --> range=8

jon.