Question

The masses, in kg, of some bags on an airplane are shown below: 7, 6.2, 6.1, 6.8, 6.1, 6.2, 6.8, 5.8, 6.2, 6.3 Jack made the following box plot to represent the masses: box plot shows minimum at 5.8, first quartile at 6.1, median at 6.3, third quartile at 6.8 and maximum at 7 Which of the following did Jack show incorrectly on his box plot?

Answer 1

The value that Jack show incorrectly on his box plot is:

Median ( As he showed median is 6.3 but median is 6.2)

Explanation:

We are given the mass of the bags as:

7, 6.2, 6.1, 6.8, 6.1, 6.2, 6.8, 5.8, 6.2, 6.3

On arranging the data in the increasing order we have:

5.8 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.8 6.8 7

There are a total of 10 data points.

Also, the minimum value is: 5.8

Maximum value is: 7

The median is the central tendency of the data and lie in the middle of the data.

Hence, Median lie between 6.2 and 6.2

Hence, Median=6.2

Also, the lower set of data is: 5.8 6.1 6.1 6.2

The lower quartile or first quartile is the median of lower set of data is: 6.1

Also, the upper set of data is: 6.3 6.8 6.8 7

The upper quartile or Third quartile is the median of lower set of data is: 6.8

Hence, he showed median incorrectly in the box plot.

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Answer 2

the correct answer would the median it should be 6.2 not 6.3