The following table shows the number of prescriptions a doctor wrote each day for a 36-day period. Use the median procedure for finding quartiles to find the first, second, and third quartiles for the data. After this, construct the box-and-whisker plots. Number of Prescriptions Written per Day 8          7          11          9          10          14 12       14         12         14         14         10 14       10          8           15         8           9 10        7           14         12         7           15 9          11          13        10         12         10 16        16          10         8          15         12

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The following table shows the number of prescriptions a doctor wrote each day for a 36-day period. Use the median procedure for finding quartiles to find the first, second, and third quartiles for the data. After this, construct the box-and-whisker plots.

Number of Prescriptions Written per Day

8          7          11          9          10          14

12       14         12         14         14         10

14       10          8           15         8           9

10        7           14         12         7           15

9          11          13        10         12         10

16        16          10         8          15         12

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