Question

The box plot represents the number of minutes customers spend on hold at a company.

What is the upper quartile of the data?


3

5

6

8

Answer 1

The box plot should have been included in this problem.

A box plot consists of 5 numbers. From left to right.
1) minimum number
2) 1st quartile or lower quartile
3) median or 2nd quartile or middle quartile
4) 3rd quartile or upper quartile
5) maximum number

Answer 2

The box of the box-and-whisker plot ends at 6, so the "upper" quartile is 6