The manager of a small movie theatre recorded the number of
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31,36,37,17,25,27,32,54,37,21,19,26,26,29
For these data, the lower quartile is 25 and the upper quartile is 36 .
1. Show that the value 54 would be considered an outlier.
The box and whisker diaaram for tickets purchased is aiven below.
The manager of a second small theatre also recorded the number of tickets purchased for the same 14 days, giving the following box and whisker diagram:
The manager of the second theatre claims that, in general, his theatre has more customers than the first theatre.
2. By comparing the two box and whisker diagrams, give one piece of evidence that supports this claim and one that may refute it.