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Question
The following marks were obtained by the students in a test:
81, 72, 90, 90, 86, 85, 92, 70, 71, 83, 89, 95, 85, 79, 62
The range of the marks is
Options
9
17
27
33
Solution
The marks obtained by the students are 81, 72, 90, 90, 86, 85, 92, 70, 71, 83, 89, 95, 85, 79 and 62.
The highest and lowest marks are 95 and 62 respectively. Therefore, the range of marks is
95-52
=33
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