Where is the 1st quartile in this data set? 12, 23, 11, 14, 5, 4, 15, 6, 23, 8

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Where is the 1st quartile in this data set?  12, 23, 11, 14, 5, 4, 15, 6, 23, 8

hero · Answer

Hint: Put the data set in numerical order

amistre64 · Answer

how many numbers are in the set?

hero · Answer

@clittlejohn32, do you only respond to questions?

anonymous · Answer

idk what a quartile is can you explain what this whole thing is please someone

amistre64 · Answer

.... thats what we are doing, if youll play along

anonymous · Answer

@Hero 10 Right?

amistre64 · Answer

a quartile deals with position; and the term means 4

what is 10/4?

anonymous · Answer

@amistre64 and @Hero is the answer 4? put in the numerical order and i also took in to consideration what Quartile is

amistre64 · Answer

it might be 4, i havent determined it yet :)

10/4 = 2.5  since the 2nd position is not enough, then we need to round this up to the 3 ... the third position

amistre64 · Answer

if the value 4 is the 3rd smallest value than yes

amistre64 · Answer

sorting it from low to high helps to pick out the right position

amistre64 · Answer

4,5,6,8,11,12,14 ....
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thats the value in the 3rd position

anonymous · Answer

ohhh ok i get what youre saying now  thanks so much i really suck at math

amistre64 · Answer

if it had asked for the 3rd quratile; we would have down 10/4  and timed it by 3 to work it out ....