Suppose that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported the following sulphur dioxide emissions (in tons) for...

Suppose that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported the following sulphur dioxide emissions (in tons) for the 48 states in the continental United States for a particular year.

State	SO₂ Emissions	State	SO₂ Emissions	State	SO₂ Emissions	State	SO₂ Emissions
AL	106,169	IN	268,231	NC	48,168	RI	30
AR	73,592	KS	30,035	ND	55,217	SC	26,793
AZ	23,703	KY	188,129	NE	65,838	SD	15,356
CA	241	LA	80,147	NH	3,181	TN	56,419
CO	38,301	MA	10,855	NJ	2,446	TX	365,521
CT	1,121	MD	25,131	NM	17,749	UT	21,158
DE	2,254	ME	887	NV	7,441	VA	38,792
FL	89,079	MI	194,404	NY	17,811	VT	16
GA	80,963	MN	24,380	OH	282,000	WA	2,873
IA	76,858	MO	141,444	OK	74,439	WI	62,448
ID	21	MS	77,500	OR	14,018	WV	86,215
IL	135,880	MT	16,230	PA	252,092	WY	40,685

Use these data to calculate the values (in tons) in the five-number summary. (Hint: See Example 3.13.)

smallest observation

slower quartile

median

upper quartile

Largest observation tons

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Expert Solution

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AL	16
AR	21
AZ	30
CA	241
CO	887
CT	1121
DE	2254
FL	2446
GA	2873
IA	3181
ID	7441
IL	10855
IN	14018
KS	15356
KY	16230
LA	17749
MA	17811
MD	21158
ME	23703
MI	24380
MN	25131
MO	26793
MS	30035
MT	38301
NC	38792
ND	40685
NE	48168
NH	55217
NJ	56419
NM	62448
NV	65838
NY	73592
OH	74439
OK	76858
OR	77500
PA	80147
RI	80963
SC	86215
SD	89079
TN	106169
TX	135880
UT	141444
VA	188129
VT	194404
WA	252092
WI	268231
WV	282000
WY	365521

smallest observation=minimum=16

used excel formula

=QUARTILE(B1:B48,0)

Largest observation tons=maximum=365521

used excel formula

=QUARTILE(B1:B48,1)

lower quartile=Q1=13227.25

median=38546.5

used excel formula

=QUARTILE(B1:B48,2)

upper quartile =80351

used excel formula

=QUARTILE(B1:B48,3)

smallest observation	16
slower quartile	13227.25
median	38546.5
upper quartile	80351
Largest observation tons	365521

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