Question: Find the Mean in the Boxplot

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I got different answer.

yogasuhas - July 12, 2017

I got different answer.

_ _|(q1=2)_ _|(q2=5)_ _|(q3=6)_ _

possible data around q2 => 5 & 5, 4 & 6, 3 & 7, 2 & 3.
possible data around q1 => 2 & 2
possible data around q3 => 6 & 6, 5 & 7

in q2 => 3 & 7 and 2 & 3 are not possible since q1 = 2.
1 2 2 5 5 5 7 10

i got mean as 4.6, where is the mistake?, please help.

You have {1 2 2 5 5 5 7 10}

greenlight-admin - July 13, 2017

You have {1 2 2 5 5 5 7 10}
However, the greatest value is shown on the boxplot as 9 (not 10, as you have)

I thought it was supposed to

Stunnerxoxo - December 27, 2018

I thought it was supposed to be 9 numbers since the box plot starts from 1 and extends to 9

I didn't read the question

Stunnerxoxo - December 27, 2018

I didn't read the question properly i see 8 integers now

can we do it like this that

SuryanshKashyap - August 29, 2019

can we do it like this that since the number are evenly spaced and the median in box plot is 5 and so the mean =median ,for the evenly spaced numbers.

That approach will work IF we

greenlight-admin - August 30, 2019

That approach will work IF we're told the numbers are equally (aka evenly) spaced. However, for this question, we aren't told that the numbers are equally spaced. In fact, the mean here is 4.5, while the median is 5.

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