Essentials of Statistics (5th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32192-459-2
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Chapter 3 - Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data - 3-4 Measures of Relative Standing and Boxplots - Page 125: 24

Answer

243 sec.

Work Step by Step

$P_{40}$ is the value where 40 % of the values are smaller than $P_{40}$. 40% of the data here is: $24\cdot0.4=9.6$, therefore $P_{40}$ is the 10th value (the first integer at least 9.6), which is 243 sec..
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