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A consumer research group investigating the relationship between the price of meat (per kilogram) and the fat content (grams) gathered data that produced the following scatterplot.
-The boxplots below show the closing share prices for a sample of companies on the first trading days in August 2015 and in August 2010. a. For which day was the median closing share price higher?
b. For which day were the closing share prices more variable? Explain.
c. Which distribution is more symmetric? Explain.

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Consider the following to answer the question(s) below:
A consumer research group investigating the relationship between the price of meat (per kilogram) and the fat content (grams) gathered data that produced the following scatterplot. 
-The boxplots below show the closing share prices for a sample of companies on the first trading days in August 2015 and in August 2010.  a. For which day was the median closing share price higher?
b. For which day were the closing share prices more variable? Explain.
c. Which distribution is more symmetric? Explain.

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The Answer is a. August 2015
b. August 2015, as the range and IQR are higher.
c. August 2015, as the median line is near the middle of the box.

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