The following are the ages of 16 randomly selected SCC students: 16, 18, 18, 19, 20, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 24, 25, 28, 31, 35, 41 (a) Find the median and the two quartiles. (b) Use the IQR method to find all outliers. (c) Draw the box plot.

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1. The following are the ages of 16 randomly selected SCC students:
16, 18, 18, 19, 20, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 24, 25, 28, 31, 35, 41
(a) Find the median and the two quartiles.
(b) Use the IQR method to find all outliers.
(c) Draw the box plot.
(d) Construct a frequency histogram with 5 classes of equal width.
(e) Based on (c) or (d), do you expect the median or the mean to be greater? Why? 

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