The age (in years) of the candidates in an election are listed below 29,36,42,38,74,25,26 use test based on IQR to identify any outliers. If there is more than one outlier , separate them in camas

a framing bias

step-by-step explanation:

rodrigo is subject to a framing bias i believe.

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4