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Five-number summary and interquartile range
QUESTION
Here are yesterday's high temperatures (in Fahrenheit) in 13 U.S. cities.
53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 62, 62, 64, 70, 76, 76, 80, 81
Notice that the temperatures are ordered from least to greatest.
Give the five-number summary and the interquartile range for the data set.
Five-number summary
Minimum:
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Lower quartile:
Median:
Upper quartile:
Maximum
Interquartile range:
EXPLANATION
We need to give the five-number summary and the interquartile range.
To do this, we'll make sure that the data values are ondered from least to greatest (which the
14
42
64
We's start with the minimum and maximum
The minimum is 53
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