A conservationist measures the diameters, in centimeters, of 200 white pine trees in the Allegheny National Forest in Northwest Pennsylvania.The data are summarized with the following five-number summary:
Xmin = 18.23, Q1 = 24.29, = 30.35, Q3 = 36.41, xmax = 42.47

Based on the five-number summary, the overall shape of the tree diameters appears to be:
A) heavily right-skewed.
B) symmetric.
C) heavily left-skewed.
D) Data shape can be discerned only from visual methods.

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A conservationist measures the diameters, in centimeters, of 200 white pine trees in the Allegheny National Forest in Northwest Pennsylvania.The data are summarized with the following five-number summary: ​
Xmin = 18.23, Q1 = 24.29,  = 30.35, Q3 = 36.41, xmax = 42.47
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Based on the five-number summary, the overall shape of the tree diameters appears to be:
A) heavily right-skewed. 
B) symmetric. 
C) heavily left-skewed. 
D) Data shape can be discerned only from visual methods.

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The Answer of A conservationist measures the diameters, in centimeters, of 200 white pine trees in the Allegheny National Forest in Northwest Pennsylvania.The data are summarized with the following five-number summary: ​
Xmin = 18.23, Q1 = 24.29,  = 30.35, Q3 = 36.41, xmax = 42.47
​
Based on the five-number summary, the overall shape of the tree diameters appears to be:
A) heavily right-skewed. 
B) symmetric. 
C) heavily left-skewed. 
D) Data shape can be discerned only from visual methods.

A Conservationist Measures the Diameters, in Centimeters, of 200 White