Jenny recorded the weight of 5 dogs. Each dog weighed a different amount. She recorded the results on a box plot. Which conclusion can be made about the interquartile range of Jenny’s box plot?

Question

Jenny recorded the weight of 5 dogs. Each dog weighed a different amount. She recorded the results on a box plot. Which conclusion can be made about the interquartile range of Jenny’s box plot?
Responses

A	All the dogs weighed 15 pounds or less.All the dogs weighed 15 pounds or less.

B	All the dogs weighed between 5 and 15 pounds.All the dogs weighed between 5 and 15 pounds.

C	The middle 50% of the dogs weighed between 5 and 15 pounds. The middle 50% of the dogs weighed between 5 and 15 pounds.

D	The interquartile range was higher than it should be because of the dog that weighed 20 pounds.

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The correct conclusion you can make about the interquartile range (IQR) of Jenny’s box plot is:

C The middle 50% of the dogs weighed between 5 and 15 pounds.

The interquartile range represents the range of the middle 50% of the data, which is defined by the first quartile (Q1) and the third quartile (Q3). Therefore, stating that the middle 50% of the dogs weighed between 5 and 15 pounds accurately describes what the IQR indicates.