Question

Leslie works at a movie theater. When the movie Lava Patrol came out, she tracked the number of tickets sold for a sample of 10 matinee showings and 10 evening showings. The results are recorded in the box plots.

The table shows the median and interquartile range for these samples.
Matinee's Median & Interquartile Range: 140, 40
Evening's Median & Interquartile Range: 260, 120

If the samples are representative, what does this data suggest about the ticket sales for matinee showings and evening showings at the theater? Complete the paragraph.

There are about ___ tickets sold for evening showings as for matinee showings. Also, there is more variability in ticket sales for ___ showings than for ___ showings.

Answer 1

There are about twice as many tickets sold for evening showings as for matinee showings. Also, there is more variability in ticket sales for evening showings than for matinee showings.

(Reason: median evening = 260 vs median matinee = 140, and IQR evening = 120 > IQR matinee = 40.)