comparison of the masses (in $kg$ ) of convertible cars was made using the Large Data Set.
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A sample of 20 masses was chosen from both the 2002 data and the 2016 data.
The masses of the 20 cars in each sample were used to create a box plot for each year.
The box plots were labelled Box Plot A and Box Plot B as shown in the diagram below.
(a) Estimate the median of the masses from Box Plot A
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$The estimated median of the masses from Box Plot A is 1500 kg$

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Step 1 ：Estimate the median of the masses from Box Plot A by finding the value that corresponds to the middle line of the box in Box Plot A.

Step 2 ： $estimated_median_A = 1500$

Step 3 ： $The estimated median of the masses from Box Plot A is 1500 kg$