Question

Bella works at a popular clothing store. Last winter, her manager asked her to track the store's sweater sales. This box plot shows the results.
Price of sweaters sold ($)
30
40
50
60
70
80
What fraction of the sweaters cost $50 or less?

Answer 1

To find the fraction of sweaters that cost $50 or less using the box plot, we need to know the distribution of the sweater prices represented in the box plot.

A box plot typically provides us with the following key pieces of information:
- The minimum value
- The first quartile (Q1)
- The median (Q2)
- The third quartile (Q3)
- The maximum value

Given that the prices of the sweaters are represented on a scale from $30 to $80 and that we are interested in sweaters costing $50 or less, we need to identify how many sweaters fall in this range as compared to the total number of sweaters sold.

Without the exact quartile and median values from your box plot, I cannot provide a specific number of sweaters that fall at or below $50. Generally, if you can find the Q1 value from the box plot, it will help determine the percentage or fraction of sweaters that cost $50 or less. Q1 usually indicates the 25th percentile, meaning that 25% of the data falls below this point.

If you can provide the exact values from the box plot, I would be able to assist you further in calculating the fraction of sweaters that cost $50 or less.