A grocery store received two shipments of watermelon. Each watermelon in a shipment was weighed, then a line plot was made of al
l of the weights in a shipment.
What statement about the two plots’ distributions is true?
The degree of overlap between the two distributions is high.
There is no overlap between the two distributions.
The degree of overlap between the two distributions is low.
The degree of overlap between the two distributions is moderate.
Two line plots with the same scale and interval, from fifteen to twenty-five, with tick marks every one unit. The plots are stacked vertically for comparison. Values appear as x marks above the line. Each plot has eighteen data values. Upper plot is labeled Shipment 1.
Lower plot is labeled Shipment 2. Under each plot is the label Weight, in pounds. Upper plot data values are one x mark above sixteen, one x mark above seventeen, one x mark above eighteen, one x mark above nineteen, two x marks above twenty, three x marks above twenty-one, four x marks above twenty-two, three x marks above twenty-three, three x marks above twenty-four, and one x mark above twenty-five. Lower plot data values are one x mark above sixteen, two x marks above seventeen, three x marks above eighteen, four x marks above nineteen, three x marks above twenty, three x marks above twenty-one, two x marks above twenty-two, zero x mark above twenty-three, and one x mark above twenty-four.
