Three students want to estimate the mean word length of the same book. To do this, each student randomly chose 4 words from the book and recorded their lengths. The samples are shown in the table. Do not round the numbers

Solution:
Given:
Mean of sample 1:
[tex]\begin{gathered} mean=\frac{8+5+4+8}{4} \\ =\frac{25}{4} \\ =6.25 \end{gathered}[/tex]Mean of sample 2:
[tex]\begin{gathered} mean=\frac{8+6+3+9}{4} \\ =\frac{26}{4} \\ =6.5 \end{gathered}[/tex]Mean of sample 3:
[tex]\begin{gathered} mean=\frac{6+8+6+7}{4} \\ =\frac{27}{4} \\ =6.75 \end{gathered}[/tex]From the sample means, the range is;
[tex]\begin{gathered} Range=highest-lowest \\ Range=6.75-6.25 \\ Range=0.5 \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, the range of sample means is 0.5