A sample was taken of the salaries of 20 employees of a large company. The following is a boxplot of the salaries (in thousands of dollars) for this year. Based on this boxplot, which of the following statements is true?
A)The outliers are 28 and 77.
B)Suspected outliers would be less than 28 or greater than 77, so there are none.
C)Suspected outliers would be less than 6.75 or greater than 92.75, so there are none.
D)There are outliers, but they are not shown in the boxplot.

Question

A sample was taken of the salaries of 20 employees of a large company. The following is a boxplot of the salaries (in thousands of dollars) for this year.  Based on this boxplot, which of the following statements is true?
A)The outliers are 28 and 77. 
B)Suspected outliers would be less than 28 or greater than 77, so there are none. 
C)Suspected outliers would be less than 6.75 or greater than 92.75, so there are none. 
D)There are outliers, but they are not shown in the boxplot.

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The Answer is C

A Sample Was Taken of the Salaries of 20 Employees