A Soft-Drink Bottling Company Fills and Ships Soda in Plastic $Q _ { 1 } = 354 , Q _ { 2 } = 358$

question 8

Multiple Choice

A soft-drink bottling company fills and ships soda in plastic bottles with a target volume of 354 milliliters. The filling machinery does not deliver a perfectly consistent volume of liquid to each bottle, and the three quartiles for the fill volume are $Q _ { 1 } = 354 , Q _ { 2 } = 358$ and $Q _ { 3 } = 362$ . Find the IQR.

• A) 8
• B) 12
• C) 4
• D) 9.6

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