Aziz wonders whether most people tend to eat the same number of pieces of pizza party or whether the amount people eat varies a lot. He surveys 10 people at the end of a pizza party and asks them how many pieces of pizza they ate. His results follow. Find and interpret the range of his data. Number of pieces of pizza eaten: 3, 2, 6, 2, 1, 4, 2, 5, 4, 6.

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To find the range of the data, we need to subtract the smallest value from the largest value.

The smallest value is 1 and the largest value is 6.

Therefore, the range of the data is 6 - 1 = 5.

This means that the amount of pizza eaten by the 10 people surveyed varied by a range of 5 pieces. This suggests that people do not tend to eat the same number of pieces of pizza at a pizza party, as evidenced by the variation in the data.
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I apologize for the mistake in my previous response. Let me recalculate the range for you.

Given data: 3, 2, 6, 2, 1, 4, 2, 5, 4, 6

The smallest value is 1 and the largest value is 6.

Therefore, the range of the data is 6 - 1 = 5.

So, after recalculating, the range of the data is indeed 5. Thank you for pointing out the error, and I appreciate your attention to detail.