Question

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the students in math class are investigating the distribution of stickers by color in various packages. in a large package, they find the following results, summarized in the frequency table and histogram below.
color number of stickers
brown 86
green 24
yellow 32
orange 21
red 21
blue 30
how is the histogram for the stickers from the large package distributed?
a. negatively skewed (high at the right and tail to the left)
b. normally distributed
c. positively skewed (high at the left and tail to the right)

Explanation:

The number of brown stickers (86) is much larger than the numbers of other - colored stickers (24, 32, 21, 21, 30). In a histogram, the bar for brown stickers will be much taller on the left - hand side, and the bars for other colors will be shorter on the right - hand side. This indicates a positively skewed distribution where the high values are on the left and the tail is on the right.

Answer:

C. Positively skewed (high at the left and tail to the right)