A high school has 48 players on the football team. The summary of the players' weights is given in the box plot. Approximately, what is the percentage of players
weighing greater than or equal to 242 pounds?
We can estimate the percentage of players weighing greater than or equal to 242 pounds by looking at the box plot.
Let's assume that the box plot is divided into 4 equal parts (quarters). The third quarter of the box plot represents the middle 50% of the data. Players in this range are between the 25th and 75th percentile.
If we know that the third quarter of the box plot ends at 242 pounds, we can estimate that approximately 50% of the players weigh less than 242 pounds and the remaining 50% weigh more than 242 pounds.
Therefore, the percentage of players weighing greater than or equal to 242 pounds is approximately 50%.