Question

camerons scout leader organized a contest to see who could build the strongest boat out of aluminum foil. after building their boats, the scouts measured how many pennies the boats could support before sinking. this box plot shows the results. pennies supported what fraction of the boats could support 12 or more pennies? submit

Explanation:

Step1: Determine the total number of data points

In a box - plot, the total number of data points is considered as \(4\) equal parts (the four - quartile structure). So, the total number of parts \(n = 4\).

Step2: Count the number of parts that meet the condition

We want to find the number of parts where the number of pennies is \(12\) or more. Looking at the box - plot, the lower quartile is at \(8\), the median is at \(10\), and the upper quartile is at \(12\). The part from the upper quartile (including it) to the maximum is \(1\) part. But if we consider the values \(12\) or more, in terms of the quartile - based fraction (since each quartile represents \(\frac{1}{4}\) of the data), the number of data points that are \(12\) or more is \(1\) out of \(4\) quartiles.

Answer:

\(\frac{1}{4}\)