Q:

Which five values would be used to graph a box-and-whisker plot for the following set of data? 36, 14, 27, 27, 33, 22, 41, 29

Accepted Solution

A:
First put all the number in order from least to greatest:
      Q1         Q2       Q3
{14,22,27,(27}{,29),33,36,41}
   add/div. by 2       add/div. by 2
      28.5                    34.5  

Minimum: 14 (smallest number)
Quartile 1: 28.5 (middle number of q1)
Quartile 2: 28 (middle number) when you have and even amount of numbers you end up having 2 middle numbers, so you just add them then divide by 2. 27+29=56  56/2=28
Quartile 3: 34.5 (middle number of q3)
Maximum: 41 (biggest number)

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