A manufacturer of flashlight batteries took a sample of 130 batteries from a day's production and used them continuously until they were drained. The number of hours until failure are recorded. Given below is the boxplot of the number of hours it took to drain each of the 130 batteries. The distribution of the number of hours is
A) right-skewed
B) left-skewed
C) symmetrical
D) none of the above

Question

A manufacturer of flashlight batteries took a sample of 130 batteries from a day's production and used them continuously until they were drained. The number of hours until failure are recorded. Given below is the boxplot of the number of hours it took to drain each of the 130 batteries. The distribution of the number of hours is 
A) right-skewed 
B) left-skewed 
C) symmetrical 
D) none of the above

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The boxplot is skewed to the right, indicating that the majority of batteries lasted for a shorter period of time, while there were a few batteries that lasted for a much longer period of time.

A Manufacturer of Flashlight Batteries Took a Sample of 130