SOLUTION: A group of 24 AP students measured the length of time it took for a chocolate chip to melt in their mouth in seconds. They melted a total of 80 chips. The ive number summary in sec

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Question 502104: A group of 24 AP students measured the length of time it took for a chocolate chip to melt in their mouth in seconds. They melted a total of 80 chips. The ive number summary in seconds for this set turned out to be as follows:
12, 29, 35, 38, 41
Approximately how many chips had melted time between 12 - 29 seconds?

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A group of 24 AP students measured the length of time it took for a chocolate chip to melt in their mouth in seconds. They melted a total of 80 chips. The ive number summary in seconds for this set turned out to be as follows:
12, 29, 35, 38, 41
Approximately how many chips had melted time between 12 - 29 seconds?
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12 is the minimum number
29 is the 1st Quartile which has 25% of the data below it
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Ans: 25% of 80 = 20 chips melted between 12 and 29 seconds
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Stan H.