Question

(a) Calculate the five-number summary of the land areas of the states in the U.S. Midwest. (If necessary, round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

minimum	square miles ?
first quartile	square miles ?
median	square miles ?
third quartile	square miles ?
maximum	square miles ?

State	Area (sq. miles)	State	Area (sq. miles)
Illinois	55,584	Missouri	68,886
Indiana	35,867	Nebraska	76,872
Iowa	55,869	North Dakota	68,976
Kansas	81,815	Oklahoma	68,595
Michigan	56,804	South Dakota	75,885
Minnesota	79,610	Wisconsin	54,310

(b) Explain what the five-number summary in part (a) tells us about the land areas of the states in the midwest.

(c) Calculate the five-number summary of the land areas of the states in the U.S. Northeast. (If necessary, round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

minimum	square miles
first quartile	square miles
median	square miles
third quartile	square miles
maximum	square miles

State	Area (sq. miles)	State	Area (sq. miles)
Connecticut	4845	New York	47,214
Maine	30,862	Pennsylvania	44,817
Massachusetts	7840	Rhode Island	1045
New Hampshire	8968	Vermont	9250
New Jersey	7417

(d) Explain what the five-number summary in part (c) tells us about the land areas of the states in the Northeast.

(d) Contrast the results from parts (b) and (d).

Answer 1