if ya asking for simpliicatio
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So what are we trying to find the reduced fraction or inverse operation
The second quartile is also the median. which is 50% of the data. So 1/2 of the data lies below it, and 1/2 of the data lies above it.
the correct answer would be A. the data value of 2.5 will lie below the second quartile.