Question

Michael Scott likes cherries on his ice cream sundae. In fact, he likes to have 9 cherries! Other employees at the office say the amount of cherries he uses is an outlier. So, Toby randomly surveyed ice cream sundae eaters and from that data he calculated the following 5 number summary: {0, 2, 3, 5, 12}. Are the employees correct? Is Michael’s cherry usage an outlier? Give a mathematical justification for your answer.

Answer 1