A landscaping company provides yard care services for customers. The company own

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A landscaping company provides yard care services for customers. The company owner tracked the time his employees spent at a sample of customer locations. The following sample data, in minutes, were recorded.

24           

8           

24

           39            

25        

35

             15

                26

                15                

30

25

18

30

           29  

13

22

              29

              25

                 10

26

Describe the central tendency of these data by computing the mean, median, and mode. Based on these measures, can you conclude that the distribution of time spent at customer locations is skewed or symmetric?(Round to the nearest hundredth as needed.)

The mean is ______

The median is ______

The mode is _______ (Round to the nearest hundredth as needed. Use a comma to separate answers as needed.)

Determine whether the distribution of time is skewed or symmetric.

The distribution is __________

24           

8           

24

           39            

25        

35

             15

                26

                15                

30

25

18

30

           29  

13

22

              29

              25

                 10

26

Explanation / Answer

answer

mean=24+8+24+39+25+35+15+26+15+30+25+18+30+29+13+22+29+25+10+26/20

=395/20

=19.75

mode=25

median=8,10,13,15,15,18,22,24,24,25,25,25,26,26,29,29,30,30,35,39

median=25

median>mean

left skewed distribution.

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