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B: Box-and-Whisker Plot'.

Ind the lower extreme, lower quartile, median, upper quartile, and upper extreme. Then draw a
box-and-whisker plot.
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1) 38, 45, 16, 21, 30 2) 57,35,62,28,41,22

Min: 16
LQ 18.5
Mid 30
UQ 41.5
Max 45

Complete the statement.

3) A box-and-whisker plot is a data display that divides data values into 4 parts.
4) The median of the lower half of a box-and-whisker plot is the LQ quartile.
5) The median of the upper half of a box-and-whisker plot is the UQ quartile.

~or the box-and-whisker plot, identify the following.

6) lower extreme 8
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upper extreme 32
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10) The b·ox-and-whisker plot shows the number of stories of buildings in Cleveland, Ohio.

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A) About what fraction of the buildings have more than 46 stories?

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B) 50% of the data is located between what two values?
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11) The numbers of pages in each of 15 fiction books are shown in the box-and-whisker plot. Make two
conclusions about the data.

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