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The first quartile of a data set is 52, and the third quartile is 72. which one of these values in the data set is an outlier?

A.81
B.41
C.21
D.101

User Mastiff
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Answer: 21

Step-by-step explanation: Apex said so

User Jdickson
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72 - 52 = 20 <= thats ur IQR

IQR * 1.5 = 20 * 1.5 = 30

52 - 30 = 22...anything less then 22 is an outlier
72 + 30 = 102...anything above 102 is an outlier

answer is : C

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