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According to these measures, is it possible that the heaviest piece of fruit in the two samples was an orange? Explain why or why not.

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Yes,

Explanation:

The measures given which are median and interquartile range have no effect on what the maximum value of a certain distribution will be.

In essence, the information given about the samples of fruits and apples do not point to which fruit sample should possess the sample with maximum weight as the information only gives a general description of each distribution. This means that either samples of orange or apple could have the heaviest piece of fruit.

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