Question

construction
teacher
20 25 30 35 40 45
salary (thousands of $)
jennie makes the minimum salary for a construction worker.
markos makes the third quartile salary for a teacher.
who makes more money?
● markos
○ jennie
✓
how much more? $
(note that the boxplots are labeled in thousands of dollars. for example, 30 means $30,000. if the
difference appears to be $5, it is actually $5000. if this were the correct answer, you could enter it as
either 5000 or 5,000)

Explanation:

Step1: Find Jennie's Salary

Jennie makes the minimum salary for construction. From the boxplot, the minimum (left whisker) for construction is at 25 (thousand dollars), so $25\times1000 = 25000$.

Step2: Find Markos's Salary

Markos makes the third quartile (Q3) for teachers. The third quartile is the right end of the teacher's box, which is at 35 (thousand dollars), so $35\times1000 = 35000$.

Step3: Calculate the Difference

Subtract Jennie's salary from Markos's: $35000 - 25000 = 10000$.

Answer:

10000 (or 10,000)