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Please help, totally confused :(((

This box and whisker plot shows the time taken by two groups of students to solve a science problem.

Based on the graph, which of these statements is correct?

The median for Group 1 is 5 more than the median for Group 2.
The median for Group 2 is 5 more than the median for Group 1.
The median for Group 1 is almost double the median for Group 2.
The median for Group 2 is almost double the median for Group 1.

Please help, totally confused :((( This box and whisker plot shows the time taken-example-1
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The answer is B!

I got this correct

User Todd Price
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The median for group 2 is almost double the median for group 1. Group 2's median would be 80, and 1's would be a little over 40, which is about half. The median is the middle line of the box on the graph.
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