The daily high temperatures were recorded during a Texas winter, and are present

Question

The daily high temperatures were recorded during a Texas winter, and are presented in the histogram below: Which answer choice best interprets the histogram? A) There were 7 high temperatures recorded, and the distribution is severely skewed to the left. B) There were 20 high temperatures recorded, and the distribution is severely skewed to the right. C) There were 7 high temperatures recorded, and the distribution is roughly symmetrical. D) There were 42 high temperatures recorded, and the distribution is severely skewed to the right. E) There were 42 high temperatures recorded, and the distribution is severely skewed to the left.

Explanation / Answer

Skewness :

We can observe from the graph that 35 data are on the left side from middle and only 6 are there on the right side of the middle.

Hence the graph is left skewed.

Assuming temparature greater than 60 is high, thus 7 high temperatre are recoeded.

The correct answer is A)There were 7 high tempperature recorded and the distribution is severely skewed to the left.

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