In the seasons that followed his 2001 record-breaking season, Barry Bonds hit 46, 45, 45, 5, and 26 homers, respectively (www.espn.com). Two boxplots, one of Bond€™s homers through 2001, and a second including the years 2002€“2006, follow.

The statistics used to construct these boxplots are given in the table.

a. Calculate the upper fences for both of these boxplots.

b. Can you explain why the record number of homers is an outlier in the 2001 boxplot, but not in the 2006 boxplot?

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2001 - 2006 - 30 10 20 40 50 60 70 80 Homers by Barry Bonds Years Min Median Max IQR 2001 2006 25.00 16 5 25.00 34.00 34.00 41.50 45.00 16.5 73 16 20.0 73 21