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 were 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

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The boxplot is skewed to the right, with the median closer to the first quartile than the third quartile, indicating that a larger proportion of batteries drained in a shorter amount of time, with a few outliers draining for longer periods. Therefore, the distribution is right-skewed.

A Manufacturer of Flashlight Batteries Took a Sample of 130