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Solved: Exercises 45 and 46 refer to the two box plots in Fig. 18 showing the starting
Chapter 15, Problem 46(choose chapter or problem)
Exercises 45 and 46 refer to the two box plots in Fig. 18 showing the starting salaries of Tasmania State University first-year graduates in agriculture and engineering. (These are the two box plots discussed in Example 15.)(a) Fill in the blank: Of the 612 engineering graduates, atmost ___ had a starting salary greater than $45,000. (b) Fill in the blank: If there were 240 agriculture graduateswith starting salaries of $35,000 or less, the totalnumber of agriculture graduates is approximately ___.
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QUESTION:
Exercises 45 and 46 refer to the two box plots in Fig. 18 showing the starting salaries of Tasmania State University first-year graduates in agriculture and engineering. (These are the two box plots discussed in Example 15.)(a) Fill in the blank: Of the 612 engineering graduates, atmost ___ had a starting salary greater than $45,000. (b) Fill in the blank: If there were 240 agriculture graduateswith starting salaries of $35,000 or less, the totalnumber of agriculture graduates is approximately ___.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
(a)
There are 612 engineering graduates and at most 
Based from the diagram, it is observed that the first quartile for the salary of engineering graduates is 
Thus
