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The dot plots compare the number of raffle tickets sold by boys and girls during a school fund-raiser. Which plot has an outlier?

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Answer:

Girl's plot

Explanation:

The exact question is as follows :

Given - The dot plots compare the number of raffle tickets sold by boys and girls during a school fund-raiser.

To find - Which plot has an outlier?

Proof -

The correct answer is - Girls

Reason -

Girls plot has an outlier because values way outside the majority of the data.

Definition of outlier -

A value that "lies outside" (is much smaller or larger than) most of the other values in a set of data.

Here in the Girl's plot we can see that, all the dots are close but there is one dot that is lies outside

But in Boy's plot all the dots are close to each other , no dot is lies outside to any other dots.

So,

The correct option is -

Girl's plot has an outlier.

The dot plots compare the number of raffle tickets sold by boys and girls during a-example-1
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