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In Their October 2003 Issue, Consumer Reports Evaluated the Price

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In their October 2003 issue, Consumer Reports evaluated the price and
Performance of 23 models of cordless phones. Computer output gives the summary
Statistics for the prices ($) shown in the table. Based on these results, which of the
Following is true?  Min  Q1  Median  Q3  Max  Mean  SD 15305011020071.7552.08\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Min } & \text { Q1 } & \text { Median } & \text { Q3 } & \text { Max } & \text { Mean } & \text { SD } \\\hline 15 & 30 & 50 & 110 & 200 & 71.75 & 52.08 \\\hline\end{array}


A) The distribution is symmetric.
B) The distribution is skewed to the right.
C) The distribution is skewed to the left.
D) The mean is a better measure of center for these data than the median.
E) The standard deviation is larger than the range.

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