The box-and-whisker plot below shows the ages of the people attending the two Saturday afternoon movies.

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Based on this information, what is the difference between the median ages of the people attending the two movies?

i got 20 years but im not sure?

A. 25 years

B. 37.5 years

C. 20 years

D. 35 years

Question

The box-and-whisker plot below shows the ages of the people attending the two Saturday afternoon movies.

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Based on this information, what is the difference between the median ages of the people attending the two movies?  

i got 20 years but im not sure?
 

  A.  25 years 
 
  B.  37.5 years 
 
  C.  20 years 
 
  D.  35 years

anonymous · Answer

The answer is 25; a box-and-whisker plot is written so that is from the left to right, min, Q1, Median, Q3, Max. In this case, the left box's median is 25, while the right box's median is 50. So 50-25=25.