document.write( "Question 1042204: I need help on parts A through B its confusing and the boxplot wont show up on here when i tried put it in.
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\n" ); document.write( "These are the numbers under the boxplot. $14.3 mil $57.85mil $72.6mil $93.6 mil $198.6 mil\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a) _____% of the MLB teams have payroll salaries greater than $72.6 million.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "b) _____% of the MLB teams have payroll salaries greater than $93.6 million.
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the box plot numbers are:
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the basic box plot gives you:
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "here's a picture of the basic boxplot
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "based on that, your numbers are:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "14.3 = minimum
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the first quartile tells you that 25% of the numbers are less than that and 75% of the number are greater than that.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the median tells you that 50% of the numbers are less than that and 50% of the number are greater than that.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the third quartile tells you that 75% of the number are less than that and 25% of the numbers are greater than that.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the basic box plot divides the distribution into 4 quarters.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "25% of the number are between the minimum and the first quartile.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "50% of the number are between the first quartile and the third quartile.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the difference between the first quartile and the third quartile is called the inter-quartile range.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "your problem states:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "These are the numbers under the boxplot.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Fill in the blanks:
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "since 72.6 mil is the median, then 50% of the numbers are below and 50% of the numbers are above 72.6 mil.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "since 93.6 mil is the third quartile, then 75% of the numbers are below and 25% of the numbers are above 93.6 mil.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "answer to question a is 50%.
\n" ); document.write( "answer to question b is 25%.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a picture of your box plot would look like this:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the link to the box plot grapher is shown below.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "http://www.imathas.com/stattools/boxplot.html\r
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