The top 20 Canadian ports in a recent year, ranked by total tonnage (in millions of tonnes), were as follows.a. Construct a box-and-whisker plot for these data.b. Discuss the shape of the distribution from the plot.c. Are there outliers?d. What are they and why do you think they are outliers?

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Port Metro Vancouver Saint John Québec/Lévis Montréal/Contrecoeur Come-By-Chance Sept-Îles/Pointe-Noire Port Hawkesbury Prince Rupert Port-Cartier Newfoundland Offshore Hamilton Halifax Thunder Bay Sorel Nanticoke Baie-Comeau Sault Ste. Marie East Coast Vancouver Island Windsor Port-Alfred Total Tonnage 107,575.20 31,468.70 28,961.60 27,856.40 27,387.50 25,785.80 23,738.20 18,780.40 17,602.70 13,663.40 10,015.60 9,930.20 7,609.20 6,396.00 6,185.50 5,739.30 5,467.80 5,134.00 4,903.80 4,805.50