The students in Mr. Andersen's science class counted the number of leaves on each of 11 different rose bushes. The data they collected is:



26, 54, 38, 65, 58, 35, 52, 43, 55, 41, 61

Question
What is the ,begin emphasis,range,end emphasis, of the set of data?

Answer options with 5 options
A.
35

B.
39

C.
48

D.
52

E.
65

1 answer

E. 65

To find the range of the data set, you subtract the smallest value from the largest value. In this case, the smallest value is 26 and the largest value is 65.

Range = 65 - 26
Range = 39

Therefore, the range of the data set is 39.