Table 3.19 on the next page gives data concerning America€™s 30 largest private companies of 2014 as rated by Forbes magazine.

a. Construct a box-and-whiskers display of the large company revenues.
b. Construct a box-and-whiskers display of the large company numbers of employees.
c. Interpret the displays of parts a and b.

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America's 30 Largest Private Companies of 2014 as Rated by Forbes Magazine os LargeComp TABLE 3.19 Revenue Revenue (Sbil) ($bil) Employees Rank Employees Rank Company Company Cargill Enterprise Holdings Cumberland Gulf Group 17.00° Cox Enterprises Meijer Performance Food Group 13.78? 17.80 83,369 134.90 143,000 16 Koch Industries 2 115.00 100,000 17 7,200 Dell 57.20° 3 111,300 18 15.90 50,000 Bechtel 15.00° 74,000 4 39.40 53,000 19 PricewaterhouseCoopers 34.00 5 195,000 20 12,000 Fidelity Investments Toys "R" Us JM Family Enterprises Platinum Equity Kiewit Corporation Mars 33.00 75,000 21 13.63 41,000 Pilot Flying J 32.09 21,000 22 12.54 67,000 Publix Super Markets 12.50 8. 28.92 166,000 23 4,000 Ernst & Young 27.40 190,000 24 12.00° 50,000 C&S Wholesale Grocers 10 25.00 14,000 25 11.83 33,200 Albertsons 23.00° 127,000 11 26 Amway 11.80 21,000 Reyes Holdings Love's Travel Stops & QuikTrip Southern Wine & Spirits 12 23.00 16,100 27 11.45 15,126 22.65 13 10,500 28 11.40 14,000 Country Stores 29 Trammo 11.32 455 US Foods HE Butt Grocery HJ Heinz 11.20 14 22.20° 25,000 30 30,000 15 20.00° 76,000