True or False? If a distribution of observations that are all negative numbers has the five-number summary shown below, then, because all the values are negative, the minimum observation in the data set is -1.

-15, -10, -7, -2, -1

Is it true?

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True or False? If a distribution of observations that are all negative numbers has the five-number summary shown below, then, because all the values are negative, the minimum observation in the data set is -1.

-15, -10, -7, -2, -1

Is it true?

anonymous · Answer

false

anonymous · Answer

I'm not sure if this is the question but is

-15>-1

anonymous · Answer

false the minimum is -15

anonymous · Answer

Are any of the other numbers >-1. If they all are greater, then you have a minimum

however all are less, therefore -1 is a maximum

anonymous · Answer

ohh alright, thanks for the explanation!