Question

The box plot show the price of textbooks at a local high school. What range describe the middle 50% if the price (p) of the textbooks?

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Step-by-step explanation:

The question is incomplete, as the box plot is not attached.

However, the interpretation of the question is to determine the inter-quartile range (IQR) ; this represents the middle 50% of scores

To answer this question, I will make use of the attached box plot.

IQR is calculated as:

$IQR = Q_3 - Q_1$

$Q_1$ and $Q_3$ are represented by the vertical edges of the rectangle in the box plot. [See attachment]

Reading $Q_1$ and $Q_3$, we have:

$Q_1 = 37$

$Q_3 = 50$

The IQR is:

$IQR = 50 - 37$

$IQR = 13$

Hence, the range that describes the middle 50% of the attached plot is 13