Question

3TWO English teachers, Mitch and Ellie, are comparing the lengths of their students latest essays.These box-and-whisker plots show the results.Essay lengths (words)Mich's dassEle's class=>8001,000600Which class has the larger upper quartile?Which class has the lower lower quartile?Which class has the most essays?

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

A standard box and whisker plot is generally represented as shown below;

So comparing the above plot with the given plots, we can see that;

*Mitch's class upper quartile is 900 while Ellie's class upper quartile is 1000, so the class that has the larger upper quartile is Ellie's class.

*Mitch's class lower quartile is 700 and Ellie's class upper quartile is 700, so either of the two classes a lower lower quartile

*We can see that they both have the same essay lengths which is 1100.

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