34, 27, 33, 29, 31, 52, 65, 38

a) Find the Q1 of these numbers.
b) Find the Q3 of these numbers.

27, 29, 31, 33, 34, 38, 52, 65

The median is in the middle -- so it's 33.5

The lowest quartile is 30. The third quartile is 45.

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