A distribution of income for a sample of 45 people that included the presidents of the 5 largest corporations in the United States and 40 assembly line workers would be
A)unskewed.
B)negatively skewed.
C)positively skewed.
D)symmetrical.

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The distribution is likely to be positively skewed because the incomes of the presidents of the largest corporations are likely to be much higher than those of the assembly line workers, resulting in a longer tail to the right (higher incomes) and a clump of data to the left (lower incomes) leading to a positive skew.

A Distribution of Income for a Sample of 45 People