A business owner collected data on the people working for her company. She determined the average number of minutes each employe

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A business owner collected data on the people working for her company. She determined the average number of minutes each employe

e spent on breaks during an average workday. The data, broken up by gender, is shown below.
A box plot titled Number of Minutes Women Spend on Breaks. The number line goes from 30 to 70. The whiskers range from 30 to 54, and the box ranges from 34 to 50. A line divides the box at 48.
Number of Minutes Women Spend on Breaks

A box plot titled Number of Minutes Men Spend on Breaks. The number line goes from 30 to 70. The whiskers range from 30 to 68, and the box ranges from 36 to 60. A line divides the box at 48.
Number of Minutes Men Spend on Breaks

The business owner uses the median and IQR to determine the center and variability of the data sets. Which best describes the comparison?
The comparison would be more accurate using the mean and MAD because one of the graphs is symmetric.
The comparison would be more accurate using the mean and MAD because the median of both data sets is the same.
The comparison using median and IQR is best because one of the graphs is not symmetrical.
The comparison using median and IQR is best because the median is greater than the IQR for both data sets.

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