Twenty students in Mr. Martin’s class each took a survey about the number of minutes they played outside. The box plots represent the amount of time the students spent outside playing in the summer and in the winter. Which statement is best supported by the data? a The range of number of minutes outside is the same in the summer and in the winter. b The median number of minutes outside in the summer is equal to the maximum number of minutes outside in the winter. c The interquartile range for the number of minutes outside is the same in the summer and in the winter. d The minimum number of minutes outside in the summer is the same as the first quartile in the winter.

Acaterer knows he will need 60, 50, 80, 40 and 50 dinner napkins on five successive evenings. he can purchase new napkins initially at 25 cents each, after which he can have dirty napkins laundered by a fast one-day laundry service (i.e., dirty napkins given at the end of the day will be ready for use the following day) at 15 cents each, or by a slow two-day service at 8 cents each or both. the caterer wants to know how many napkins he should purchase initially and how many dirty napkins should be laundered by fast and slow service on each of the days in order to minimize his total costs. formulate the caterer’s problem as a linear program as follows (you must state any assumptions you make): a. define all variables clearly. how many are there? b. write out the constraints that must be satisfied, briefly explaining each. (do not simplify.) write out the objective function to be minimized. (do not simplify.)