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  C) The difference between the 75th and 25th percentiles is 12 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

The interquartile range is the length of the "box" in a "box and whisker" plot. One end is the 25th percentile, and the other end is the 75th percentile. It is the difference between the maximum and minimum of the middle 50% of the data.

For the baker's loaf-length data set, the interquartile range being 12 inches means the loaves in the 75th percentile are 12 inches longer than the loaves in the 25th percentile. This could be described by choice C.

step-by-step explanation:

part a. the differences are decreasing, so we know the sequence is not arithmetic. the ratios are constant (=3/4), so we know the sequence is geometric.

part b. from part a, we know the common ratio is 3/4, so each term is 3/4 of the one before. the initial term is the number of gallons at h=1.

g[h] = (3/4)·g[h-1]

g[1] = 384 . . . . initial value required for a recursive definition

part c. the general formula for a geometric sequence is

a[n] = a[1]·r^(n-1)

we have a[1] = 384, r = 3/4, and the term number given by h. the formula that follows is

g[h] = 384·(3/4)^(h-1)

part d. filling in the value and doing the arithmetic, we have

g[12] = 384·(3/4)^11 ≈ 384·0.042235136 ≈ 16.2183 . . gallons

part e. each gallon is 4 quarts, so

16.2183 gal × 4 qt/gal = 64.8732 qt