mr. bishop, a salesman for an electronics com...
mr. bishop, a salesman for an electronics company, drives many miles on business trips. this histogram shows the distribution of miles he has driven on each trip this year. business trips number of trips trip length (miles) complete the sentences. the distribution of trip lengths is best described as. so, the is a more appropriate measure of center than the
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# Explanation:
## Step1: Analyze histogram shape
The histogram has a longer tail on the right - hand side. This indicates a right - skewed distribution.
## Step2: Recall measure of center for skewed data
For a right - skewed distribution, the median is less affected by the extreme values in the tail compared to the mean. So the median is a more appropriate measure of center.
# Answer:
The distribution of trip lengths is best described as right - skewed. So, the median is a more appropriate measure of center than the mean.