The field of statistics is divided into descriptive and inferential statistics. This description "<em>Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, summarizing, and analyzing information to draw a conclusion and answer questions.</em>" corresponds to the description of Descriptive statistics and this part "<em>In addition, statistics is about providing a measure of confidence in any conclusions.</em>" is the description of Inferential statistics.
So let T be the max and min temperature, and let x be the given temperature in °F. T = x+-12 So for this case the Tmax will be 40°F using the equation above. And Tmin being 16°F
