Question

the box plots represent the ages of pennies in two 50 - cent rolls. by looking at the plots, beth says that the two means are about 5 years apart. which is true about beths statement? ages of pennies roll 1 roll 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 she is correct because the medians are 10 years apart, which means the means are half of that, or 5 years apart. she is correct because the maximum ages of the pennies in each set are 5 years apart. she is not correct because the means are both equal to 12. she may not be correct because means cannot be determined from the box plots.

Explanation:

Box - plots show the five - number summary (minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, maximum) of a data set. They do not provide direct information about the mean. Just because the medians or maximums are a certain amount apart does not mean the means are a specific amount apart.

Answer:

She may not be correct because means cannot be determined from the box plots.