Question

Arnold recorded the number of apples sold per day by his grocery store in the box plot below. Which measure of center can be best identified by this distribution? A. median B. interquartile range C. mean D. mode

Answer 1

In a box plot, the median is clearly represented as the line within the box. It divides the data into two equal halves and is less affected by outliers compared to the mean. The interquartile range (IQR) measures the spread of the middle 50% of the data and is not a measure of center, while the mean may not accurately represent the data if it is skewed. The mode represents the most frequently occurring value, which can be difficult to identify from a box plot.

Based on the description of what can be best identified from a box plot, the correct answer is:

**A. median**