Question

adam works at the gray empire parking garage. on saturday, he recorded how long a sample of 15 cars were parked. he did the same on sunday. the table shows the median and interquartile range for these samples. time parked (hours) median interquartile range saturday 4 2.5 sunday 2 1.5 if the samples are representative, what does this data suggest about the number of hours cars park at the garage on saturday and sunday? complete the paragraph. the number of hours cars typically park on saturday is the number of hours cars typically park on sunday. also, there is variability in the number of hours cars park on saturday than there is on sunday.

Explanation:

1. For the first blank: The median represents the typical value. Saturday's median (4 hours) is greater than Sunday's median (2 hours), so the number of hours cars typically park on Saturday is greater than on Sunday.
2. For the second blank: The interquartile range (IQR) measures variability. Saturday's IQR (2.5) is greater than Sunday's IQR (1.5), so there is more variability on Saturday than on Sunday.

Answer:

The number of hours cars typically park on Saturday is \(\boldsymbol{\text{greater than}}\) the number of hours cars typically park on Sunday. Also, there is \(\boldsymbol{\text{more}}\) variability in the number of hours cars park on Saturday than there is on Sunday.