1.According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the top 20 U.S. ports, ranked by total tonnage (in million tons), were as follows.

Port Total Tonnage

South Louisiana, LA 212.7

Houston, TX 211.7

New York, NY and NJ 152.1

Huntington, WV, KY, and OH 83.9

Long Beach, CA 79.9

Beaumont, TX 78.9

Corpus Christi, TX 77.6

New Orleans, LA 65.9

Baton Rouge, LA 59.3

Texas City, TX 57.8

Mobile, AL 57.7

Los Angeles, CA 54.9

Lake Charles, LA 52.7

Tampa, FL 49.2

Plaquemines, LA 47.9

Duluth-Superior MN and WI 44.7

Valdez, AK 44.4

Baltimore, MD 44.1

Pittsburgh, PA 43.6

Philadelphia, PA 39.4

a.Construct a box-and-whisker plot for these data.