A major retail store has studied customer behavior and found that the distribution of time customers spend in a store per visit is symmetric with a mean equal to 17.3 minutes. Based on this information, which of the following is true?
A) The distribution is right-skewed.
B) The median is to the right of the mean.
C) The median is approximately 17.3 minutes.
D) The median is to the left of the mean.

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Since the distribution is symmetric and the mean is 17.3 minutes, the median will also be centered and approximately equal to the mean, which is 17.3 minutes.

A Major Retail Store Has Studied Customer Behavior and Found