The annual pay (in thousands of dollars) of 15 employees at a company are listed below.

Question

22, 22, 24, 26, 26, 33, 35, 36, 61, 84, 92, 97, 110, 111, 206

Which box plot shown below best represents the distribution of these salaries?

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[Graphs generated by this script: setBorder(15); initPicture(20,220,-3,4);axes(20,100,1,null,null,1,'off');text([112,-3],"Salary");line([22,2],[22,4]); rect([22,2],[111,4]); line([36,2],[36,4]);line([206,2],[206,4]); line([22,3],[22,3]); line([111,3],[206,3]);]

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[Graphs generated by this script: setBorder(15); initPicture(20,220,-3,4);axes(20,100,1,null,null,1,'off');text([112,-3],"Salary");line([22,2],[22,4]); rect([22,2],[206,4]); line([36,2],[36,4]);line([206,2],[206,4]); line([22,3],[22,3]); line([206,3],[206,3]);]

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[Graphs generated by this script: setBorder(15); initPicture(20,220,-3,4);axes(20,100,1,null,null,1,'off');text([112,-3],"Salary");line([22,2],[22,4]); rect([22,2],[206,4]); line([114,2],[114,4]);line([206,2],[206,4]); line([22,3],[22,3]); line([206,3],[206,3]);]

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[Graphs generated by this script: setBorder(15); initPicture(20,220,-3,4);axes(20,100,1,null,null,1,'off');text([112,-3],"Salary");line([22,2],[22,4]); rect([26,2],[97,4]); line([65.666666666667,2],[65.666666666667,4]);line([111,2],[111,4]); line([22,3],[26,3]); line([97,3],[111,3]);dot([206,3],'open');]

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Answer 1

The fourth box plot shown best represents the distribution of salaries for the employees. The box plot has the following characteristics:
- The minimum value is $22, the first quartile is $26, the median is $65.67, the third quartile is $111, and the maximum value is $206.
- There are no outliers shown in the box plot.
- The box plot displays the spread and central tendency of the salary distribution effectively.