Question

Francesca's scout troop recorded the number of boxes of mint cookies ordered and the number of boxes of coconut cookies ordered by a sample of 20 customers. The results are recorded in the box plots.

The table shows the median and interquartile range for these samples.
Mint's Median & Interquartile Range: 5, 5
Coconut's Median & Interquartile Range: 3, 2

If the samples are representative, this data suggests that the number of boxes of mint cookies ordered typically varies ___ than the number of boxes of coconut cookies ordered. The evidence for this conclusion is that the ___ of the number of boxes of mint cookies is ___ the ___ of the number of boxes of coconut cookies for the sample of customer orders.

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The evidence for this conclusion is that the interquartile range of the number of boxes of mint cookies is greater than the interquartile range of the number of boxes of coconut cookies (5 vs. 2) for the sample of customer orders.