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Step 1: Definition of the range

            Range:

      The range is the difference between the greatest number and the least number.


          GIVEN: 9 pounds, 9 pounds, 9 pounds, 9 pounds, 8 pounds,

                      5 pounds, 9 pounds, 7 pounds, 5 pounds


Step 2: Find the greatest number and the least number.

              The greatest number is 9.

                The least number is 5.


Step 3: Subtract the least number from the greatest number:

                          9 − 5 = 4


            Hence, The range of the weights was 4 pounds.