What is the least value and the greatest value of each season?
Rookie Season Range: 6 home runs This Season's Range: 9 home runs Comparison: Home runs for this season are more spread out.
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The following graph shows a player's monthly home run totals in two seasons.
We are asked to find the range for the number of home runs for each season. The range of a data set is the difference of the greatest value and the least value. Let's first order the given data.
Rookie Season: & 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 6
This Season: & 4, 4, 6, 7, 8, 13
For the rookie season we have 0 as the least value and 6 as the greatest value. For this season, we have 4 as the least value and 13 as the greatest value. Let's calculate the range for each season.
Rookie Season's Range:& 6- 0=6
This Season's Range:& 13- 4=9
The range for Rookie season is 6 home runs and for this season it is 9 home runs. Therefore, the scores of this season are more spread out.
