Ms. Alison drew a box-and-whisker plot to represent her students’ scores on a mid-term test.
A box and whisker plot has a black dot at 44 and a black dot at 96. The left end of the box is at 47, the middle line of the box is at 72, and the right end of the box is at 81.
Josh received 72 on the test. Describe how his score compared to those of his classmates.
A. About 25% scored higher; about 75% scored lower.
B. Everyone scored higher.
C. No one scored higher.
D. About 50% scored higher; about 50% scored lower.