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AP®︎/College Statistics

Unit 3: Lesson 6

Graphical representations of summary statistics
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AP®︎/College Statistics
Exploring one-variable quantitative data: Summary statistics
Graphical representations of summary statistics
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Reading box plots

AP.STATS: UNC‑1 (EU), UNC‑1.L (LO), UNC‑1.L.1 (EK), UNC‑1.L.2 (EK) CCSS.Math: 6.SP.A.2, 6.SP.B.4, 6.SP.B.5, 6.SP.B.5c, HSS.ID.A.1
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Problem

Here's a box plot that summarizes the average monthly rainfall of several cities.
A horizontal boxplot is plotted along a horizontal axis marked from 3 to 8, in increments of 0.5, labeled Monthly rainfall (centimeters). A left whisker extends from 3.5 to 5.5. The box extends from 5.5 to 7 and is divided into 2 parts by a vertical line segment at 6. The right whisker extends from 7 to 7.5. All values estimated.
Find the interquartile range (IQR) of the data.
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
start text, space, c, m, end text
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