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
A)left-skewed.
B)symmetrical.
C)right-skewed.
D)None of the above.

Question

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 
A)left-skewed. 
B)symmetrical. 
C)right-skewed. 
D)None of the above.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The boxplot is skewed to the right, as the median is closer to the lower quartile than the upper quartile, and there are more outliers on the right side of the plot. Therefore, the distribution of the number of hours is right-skewed.

A Manufacturer of Flashlight Batteries Took a Sample of 130