For the following data set, the box in a box-and-whisker plot is drawn between which two numbers?

18, 18, 8, 17, 16, 5, 9, 8, 8, 12, 17

Question

For the following data set, the box in a box-and-whisker plot is drawn between which two numbers? 

18, 18, 8, 17, 16, 5, 9, 8, 8, 12, 17

amistre64 · Answer

q1 and q3 right?

amistre64 · Answer

you have 11 data points; and we want that divided up into 4 parts (quartiles)

11/4 = 2.xxx   q1 is then the number in the 3rd spot when they are sorted low to high

11*3/4 = 8.xxx  q3 is then the number in the 9th spot

anonymous · Answer

thats not in the answer choices

amistre64 · Answer

whats not in the answer choices?

anonymous · Answer

i dont see any of what you got as an answer choice

amistre64 · Answer

thats becasue your spose to follow the directions i laid out ini order to actually come up with the answers.

amistre64 · Answer

what did you come up with?

anonymous · Answer

ohhhh , i thought you already solve it

amistre64 · Answer

in my head, i have :)

sort the numbers low to high; then pick the 3rd and 9th numbers for your box ends

anonymous · Answer

but idk how to do it :(

amistre64 · Answer

you cant sort the numbers from low to high?  or cant count to 3 or 9?

anonymous · Answer

lmao , i can  but im lazy

amistre64 · Answer

me too ;)  wolfram sorts fast tho; just paste your line into wolframalpha.com and itll sort it for you

amistre64 · Answer

it might even pull out the quartiles too

anonymous · Answer

is it 8 and 17?

amistre64 · Answer

i believe it is

anonymous · Answer

are you sure?

amistre64 · Answer

as sure as that last groundhog ...