Question

Donell compared the hours students spent each day on social networks to the hours they spent on homework. His data is shown below. Which statements are true? Check all that apply.

2 dots plots. A dot plot titled Number of hours spent on social networks goes from 0 to 4.5. 0 has 3 dots, 0.5 has 5 dots, 1 has 2 dots, 2.5 has 4 dots, 3 has 3 dots, 3.5 has 1 dot. A dot plot titled Number of hours spent on homework goes from 0 to 4.5. 0 has 1 dot, 0.5 has 1 dot, 1 has 4 dots, 1.5 has 8 dots, 2 has 3 dots, and 4.5 has 1 dot.

Answer 1

Based on the given data, the following statements are true:

- The median number of hours spent on homework is greater than the median number of hours spent on social networks.
- The range of the hours spent on homework is greater than the range of the hours spent on social networks.
- The mode of the hours spent on homework is 1.5, while there is no mode for the hours spent on social networks.
- The majority of students spent more time on homework than on social networks, as there are more dots in the dot plot for homework than for social networks.
- There is at least one student who spent 4.5 hours on homework, but no student spent more than 3.5 hours on social networks.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The following statements are true:

More students spent more time on social networks than on homework.

The most common amount of time spent on social networks was 0.5 hours.

The most common amount of time spent on homework was 1.5 hours.

The following statements are false:

The same number of students spent 0 hours on social networks and homework.

The same number of students spent 1 hour on social networks and homework.

The same number of students spent 2 hours on social networks and homework.