Here are the prices for biweekly lawn mowing services for 13 local companies: 15, 15, 20, 30, 30, 35, 40, 40, 40, 40, 50, 50, 50 Which measure of center—mean or median—best represents the shape of the distribution? (1 point) Responses Mean; the shape of the distribution is close to symmetrical. Mean; the shape of the distribution is close to symmetrical. Mean; the shape of the distribution is skewed to the left. Mean; the shape of the distribution is skewed to the left. Median; the shape of the distribution is skewed to the left. Median; the shape of the distribution is skewed to the left. Median; the shape of the distribution is skewed to the right.

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Here are the prices for biweekly lawn mowing services for 13 local companies: 15, 15, 20, 30, 30, 35, 40, 40, 40, 40, 50, 50, 50 Which measure of center—mean or median—best represents the shape of the distribution? (1 point) Responses Mean; the shape of the distribution is close to symmetrical. Mean; the shape of the distribution is close to symmetrical. Mean; the shape of the distribution is skewed to the left. Mean; the shape of the distribution is skewed to the left. Median; the shape of the distribution is skewed to the left. Median; the shape of the distribution is skewed to the left. Median; the shape of the distribution is skewed to the right.

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Bot GPT 3.5 answered
1 month ago

Median; the shape of the distribution is skewed to the right.

This is because there are some higher prices that are pulling the mean up, but the majority of the prices are lower, resulting in a right-skewed distribution. The median would be a better measure of center in this case as it would not be as influenced by the higher prices.