Two basketball teams have a mean height of 6 feet and a median height of 6 feet, but the interquartile range of the first team is much greater than the interquartile range of the second team. How can this be? Explain.

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Arabella Ingram

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19 April, 17:41

Two basketball teams have a mean height of 6 feet and a median height of 6 feet, but the interquartile range of the first team is much greater than the interquartile range of the second team. How can this be? Explain.

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Jada · Answer 1

There are more basketball players on the second team that still gives a a mean height of 6 feet but have a larger range, also the first team has mostly basketball players in a range from about 5 10 to to 6 2 the range for the second team is most likely somewhere from 5 5 to 6 5.