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Transcribed Image Text:Consumer Reports rated automobile insurance companies and gave annual premiums for top-rated companies in several states. The figure below shows box plots for annual
premiums for urban customers (married couple with one 17-year-old son) in three states. The box plots were all drawn using the same scale on a TI-84Plus/TI-83Plus calculator.
(a) Which state has the
Texas
Pennsylvania
O Pennsylvania
O California
California
premium? the highest?
O lowest T
O lowest, Pennsylvania; highest, California
O lowest, California; highest, Pennsylvania
(b) Which state has the highest median premium?
O Texas
(c) which state has the smallest range of premiums? the smallest interquartile range?
O smallest range, California; smallest IQR, Texas
O smallest range, California; smallest IQR, Pennsylvania
O smallest range, Texas; smallest IQR, Pennsylvania
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