157974
AssignmentMultiple Choice

Measures of Center and Location

Question 157974 • Mathematics for College Liberal Arts Sem 1 (1207350) BCPS 2025-26

The manager of a neighborhood plant nursery measured the height of every tree on the lot. The mean height of the trees was 75 inches and the median height was 62 inches.What is the shape of the distribution?symmetricroughly symmetricskewed to the leftskewed to the right

Answer
A
symmetric
B
roughly symmetric
C
skewed to the left
D
skewed to the right

Explanation

The mean is 75 inches, which is greater than the median of 62 inches. In a distribution with a long tail toward larger values, unusually tall trees pull the mean above the median. So the distribution is skewed to the right, choice D.

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