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Box Plots and 5-Number Summary, SM-Bank 013

Terry and Kim each sat twenty class tests. Terry’s results on the tests are displayed in the box plot shown in part (i).

  1. Kim’s  5-number summary for the tests is  67,  69,  71,  73,  75.

     

    Draw a box plot to display Kim’s results below that of Terry’s results.   (1 mark)
     
       

  2. What percentage of Terry’s results were below 69?     (1 mark)

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  3. Describe the skew of Kim's results.   (1 mark)

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i.    

ii.  `text(50%)`
 

iii.  `text{By inspection of box plot: Evenly skewed}`

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i. 

 
ii.
  `text(50%)`
 

iii.  `text{By inspection of box plot: Evenly skewed}`

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