A) What is the mean of this data? B) What is the five number summary of the dist

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A) What is the mean of this data?

B) What is the five number summary of the distribution

C) based on the answers above , is the distribution symmetric, skewed right or skewed left? explain your answer

Table 1: Sugar Content in Popular Breakfast Cereals Product % Sugar All Bran 19 Alpha Bits 38 Cap?n Crunch 40 Cheerios 3 Corn Flakes 5 Golden Grahams 30 ?Grape Nuts Flakes 13 Post Toast les 5 Product 19 10 Raisin Bran (General Foods) 48 Raisin Bran (Kellogg) 29 Rice Krispies 8 Special K 5 Sugar Smacks 56 Wheaties 8

Explanation / Answer

Mean = Sum of Observations/Number of Observations = 317/15 = 21.133

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5 Number Statistics:

1. Minimum = 3

2. First Quartile = 6.5

3. Median = 13

4. Third Quartile = 34

5. Maximum = 56

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3) Mean = 21.1333

Median = 13

Since, Mean > Median, the distribution is right skewed.

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