Question

For the following data set, the box in a box-and-whisker plot is drawn between which two numbers?

23, 23, 6, 21, 6, 43, 50, 37, 21, 16, 42

Answer 1

`16" and " 42`

Explanation:

`"the box extends between the lower and upper quartiles"`

`"arrange the data set in ascending order"`

`6color(white)(x)6color(white)(x)color(red)(16)color(white)(x)21color(white)(x)21color(white)(x)color(magenta)(23)color(white)(x)23color(white)(x)37color(white)(x)color(red)(42)color(white)(x)43color(white)(x)50`

`"from the arranged set of data"`

`"lower quartile " (Q_1)=color(red)(16)`

`"median " (Q_2) =color(magenta)(23)`

`"upper quartile " (Q_3) =color(red)(42)`