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A study was conducted on the production rates for a company that produces tractor wheels. The table below shows the number of wheels made during 11 consecutive one-hour production periods.
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What is the range of the number of wheels made for the 11 one-hour periods?
5.5
5.0
4.5
4.0
A study was conducted on the production rates for a company that produces tractor wheels. The
Medium-difficulty · SAT Math · One-Variable Data & Statistics — Mean, median, mode, range. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.
Answer explanation
Choice B is correct. Range is defined as the difference between the greatest and least values from a set of data. The greatest number of wheels made during a one-hour period was 24 wheels. The least number of wheels was 19. Hence, the range is 
, or 5.0.
Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and may be the result of arithmetic errors or incorrectly identifying the greatest or least number of wheels made during a one-hour period.
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