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Line of Best Fit

Question 1 • High School Math 2 A

A school creates a histogram representing the individual travel times for students riding the bus to school. The histogram is right-skewed, and the mean time is 25 minutes.

Answer
A
The median time is less than 25 minutes.
B
The median time is exactly equal to 25 minutes.
C
The median time is approximately equal to 25 minutes.
D
The median time is greater than 25 minutes.

Explanation

In a right-skewed distribution, the long tail on the right tends to pull the mean above the median. Since the mean travel time is 25 minutes, the median is expected to be less than 25 minutes. Thus, choice A, “The median time is less than 25 minutes,” is correct.

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