Answer:
Range = 81
Standard deviation = 43.50
Step-by-step explanation:
These scores in the mathematics course can form a set S:
S = {0,2,71,81}
Range:
The range of a set is the result of the subtraction between the highest and the lowest value of the set.
Here, the highest value is 81 and the lowest value is 0. So:
Range = 81-0 = 81.
Standard deviation:
The standard deviation [tex]\sigma[/tex] is given by the following formula:
[tex]\sigma = \sqrt{\frac{1}{N}\sum_{k=1}^{N} (x_{k} - M)^{2}}[/tex]
where [tex]x_{k}[/tex] is the value at the position k of the set and M is the mean of the set and N is the cardinality of the set.
So, to know the standard deviation, we need to know the mean.
The mean of a set is the sum of the values of the set divided by the set cardinality. So, the mean M of our set is.
[tex]M = \frac{81 + 0 + 71 + 2}{4} = 38.5[/tex]
The standard deviation is:
[tex]\sigma = 43.50[/tex]