Here are the high temperatures (in Fahrenheit) for a 10-day period in Salinas, California, in December: 58, 59, 61, 62, 62, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67 Find the range and explain what the value means for this dataset.
The range is ___ degrees Fahrenheit; this is the difference in degrees Fahrenheit between ___ degrees, the minimum temperature, and ___ degrees, the maximum temperature.
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The range is 9 degrees Fahrenheit; this is the difference in degrees Fahrenheit between 58 degrees, the minimum temperature (lowest temperature in the dataset), and 67 degrees, the maximum temperature (highest temperature in the dataset). The range gives us an idea of how spread out the temperatures are in the dataset, in this case, the temperatures fluctuated by 9 degrees over the 10-day period.