At Snowy Peaks Mountain Resort, Shelby asked a sample of 15 cross-country skiers and 15 downhill skiers how many years of experience they had in their sport. The results are recorded in the box plots.
Years of experience
Cross-country
Downhill
1
5
9
13
17
21
The table shows the median and interquartile range for these samples.
Median Interquartile range
Cross-country 9 12
Downhill 7 4
Complete the paragraph.
The interquartile range for ____
skiers is greater than the interquartile range for ___
skiers. So, if the samples are____
, the interquartile ranges suggest that the number of years of experience typically ____
for cross-country skiers than for downhill skiers at the resort.