Ms. Allison drew a box-and-whisker plot to represent her students scores on a midterm test.
Lowest value=44
Lower quartile=47
Median=72
Upper quartile=81
Highest value=96
Jason received 72 on the test. How does Jason's score compare to his classmates?
A. About 25% scored higher; about 75% scored lower.
B. Everyone scored higher.
C. No one scored higher
D. About 50% scored higher, about 50% scored lower. THIS ONE
correct, he is median..
To determine how Jason's score compares to his classmates, we can refer to the given box-and-whisker plot.
A box-and-whisker plot provides information about the distribution of a set of data, including the minimum, lower quartile, median, upper quartile, and maximum value.
In this case, we know that the median, which represents the middle value of the data set, is 72. This means that 50% of the students scored lower than 72, and 50% of the students scored higher than 72.
Therefore, the correct answer is D. About 50% scored higher, about 50% scored lower.