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What information can you get from a box-and-whisker plot that you cannot get from a histogram? What information can you get from a histogram that you cannot get from a box-and-whisker plot? Explain.

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Box-and-whisker plot helps in dividing the data into low, low middle, Middle high and high groups and Histogram helps in comparing different set of data.

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Step 1. Given Information.

Identify the information what box-and-whisker gives but not histogram and vice versa.

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Step 2. Explanation.

Box-and-whisker plot helps in dividing the data into low, low middle, Middle high and high groups and on the other side, Histogram helps in comparing different set of data.

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