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Big Ideas Math Integrated I, 2016

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2. Box-and-Whisker Plots

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Exercise 6 Page 343

In a box-and-whisker plot, the right point of the left whisker represents the first quartile of the data set.

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Consider the given box-and-whisker plot.

box and whisker plot

We are asked to find the first quartile of the data set from the given figure. In a box-and-whisker plot, the right point of the left whisker represents the first quartile of the data set. With this in mind, we can see that the first quartile of the data set is 6.

highlighting the first quartile

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Communicate Your Answer p.339

Monitoring Progress p.340-342