A sample of 2500 vehicles in Minnesota showed the following statistics related to the number of accidents per month: and Based on these data, we can conclude that the distribution of accidents is skewed.

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A sample of 2500 vehicles in Minnesota showed the following statistics related to the number of accidents per month:   and  Based on these data, we can conclude that the distribution of accidents is skewed.

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The mean number of accidents per month is greater than the median number of accidents per month, indicating that there are a few extremely high accident months that are pulling the mean up, resulting in a right-skewed distribution.

A Sample of 2500 Vehicles in Minnesota Showed the Following