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.

Which statement best describes the possible value of the median time of students riding the bus to school?

The median time is less than 25 minutes.

The median time is exactly equal to 25 minutes.

The median time is approximately equal to 25 minutes.

The median time is greater than 25 minutes.

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Fernando Crane

Mathematics

24 July, 02:38

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.

Which statement best describes the possible value of the median time of students riding the bus to school?

The median time is less than 25 minutes.

The median time is exactly equal to 25 minutes.

The median time is approximately equal to 25 minutes.

The median time is greater than 25 minutes.

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Lillianna Massey · Answer 1

the skewness is defined in terms of this relationship: positive/right nonparametric skew means the mean is greater than (to the right of) the median, while negative/left nonparametric skew means the mean is less than (to the left of) the median.

So the median is less than 25 min

Eliana Buck · Answer 2

The answer is A: the median is less then 25