4. Researchers studied the flower lengths of varieties of Heliconia on the islan

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4. Researchers studied the flower lengths of varieties of Heliconia on the island of Dominica to see how they relate to the beak lengths of the hummingbird species that fertilize them. Length measurements (in millimeters) for samples of three varieties of Heliconia, each fertilized by a different species of hummingbird are summarized in the following plot. Use the plots to compare the Flower lengths for the three varieties of Heliconia. Do the three varieties display distinct distributions of length? Explain. Flower Lengths of Varieties of Heliconia on the island of Dominica 50- 35 yellow Variety

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The box plots for flower lengths for 3 different varieties of heleconia are shown above

Based on boxplots it is clearly seen that none of the 3 boxplots overlaps with the other boxplot, which shows that all 3 varieties of heliconia shows different distribution of the lengths

Variety " Bihai " have greatest length

Variety "yellow" have smallest length

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