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Percentiles and Box Plots · Superchallenge problem

A whole number xx is added to the data 12,15,17,20,22,25,3012, 15, 17, 20, 22, 25, 30, making eight values (Q1Q_1 and Q3Q_3 are the medians of the lower four and upper four). The interquartile range depends on xx. What is the sum of all whole numbers xx for which the IQR is as small as possible?