Answer:
C) The difference between the 75th and 25th percentiles is 12 inches.
Explanation:
The interquartile range is the length of the "box" in a "box and whisker" plot. One end is the 25th percentile, and the other end is the 75th percentile. It is the difference between the maximum and minimum of the middle 50% of the data.
For the baker's loaf-length data set, the interquartile range being 12 inches means the loaves in the 75th percentile are 12 inches longer than the loaves in the 25th percentile. This could be described by choice C.