Question

the boxplot below shows salaries for construction workers and teachers.

if a person is making the median salary for a construction worker, his earning is equivalent to the
select an answer salary for a teacher, and he is making more than ______ % of teachers.
select an answer
minimum
third quartile
median
first quartile
maximum

Explanation:

Step1: Identify construction median

From the boxplot, the median (middle line of the construction box) is at $\$75,000$.

Step2: Match to teacher's salary

Locate $\$75,000$ on the teacher's boxplot: this is the third quartile (right edge of the teacher's box).

Step3: Calculate percentage of teachers

The third quartile of a dataset means 75% of data values are at or below this value. So the construction median is more than 75% of teachers' salaries.

Answer:

third quartile, 75