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Problem 6

ForLesson 7: Changing Elevation

Student Task Statement

Here is a list of the highest and lowest elevation on each continent.

	highest point (m)	lowest point (m)
Europe	4,810	-28
Asia	8,848	-427
Africa	5,895	-155
Australia	4,884	-15
North America	6,198	-86
South America	6,960	-105
Antartica	4,892	-50

Which continent has the largest difference in elevation? The smallest?
Make a display (dot plot, box plot, or histogram) of the data set, and explain why you chose that type of display to represent this data set.

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