sandy wrote:
What is the positive difference between the mode and the range of the number of hours worked per week per employee at Marshville Toy Company?
(A) 0
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 8
(E) 26
First let us know the terms we are dealing with..
1)
Range:- it is the positive difference between the highest and lowest values of a set.
So |50-15|=35
2)
Mode :- it is the number that recurs the max.
So 40 , as 40 gets repeated the max number of times.
Positive difference = |40-35|=|35-40|=5
C