Question

Your friend swims on the school team. In her first four races, her times are 26.3, 28.4, 25.6, and 29.1 seconds. Which time listed for her next race would make the range larger?

A. 25.2 seconds
B. 26.1 seconds
C. 28.0 seconds
D. 29.1 seconds

Answer 1

A. 25.2 because it is the only answer outside of the previous range of 25.6 - 29.1.

Answer 2

Option A - 25.2 seconds

Explanation:

Given : Your friend swims on the school team. In her first four races, her times are 26.3, 28.4, 25.6, and 29.1 seconds.

To find : Which time listed for her next race would make the range larger?

Solution :

The range is the difference between the highest and lowest value.

In the given values , 26.3, 28.4, 25.6, and 29.1

Lowest value is 25.6

Highest value is 29.1

To make a larger range,

We simply need to pick a number smaller than 25.6 or larger than 29.1.

This will produce a larger difference (or range).

In the given options,

A. 25.2<25.6 seconds

B. 26.1>25.6 seconds

C. 28.0>25.6 seconds

D. 29.1=29.1>25.6 seconds

Only option A satisfy the condition.

Therefore, Time for her next race would make the range larger is 25.2 second.