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A school creates a histogram representing the individual travel times for students riding the bus to school. The histogram is right-skewed, and the mean time is 25 minutes.

A
The median time is less than 25 minutes.
B
The median time is exactly equal to 25 minutes.
C
The median time is approximately equal to 25 minutes.
D
The median time is greater than 25 minutes.
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The students in Marly’s math class recorded the dimensions of their bedrooms in a frequency table.

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A
The histogram is right-skewed, so the mean is less than the median.
B
The histogram is right-skewed, so the mean is greater than the median.
C
The histogram is left-skewed, so the mean is less than the median.
D
The histogram is left-skewed, so the mean is greater than the median.
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Which statements are true about a histogram with one-minute increments representing the data? Select three options.

A
A histogram will show that the mean time is approximately equal to the median time of 7.5 minutes.
B
The histogram will have a shape that is left-skewed.
C
The histogram will show that the mean time is greater than the median time of 7.4 minutes.
D
The shape of the histogram can be approximated with a normal curve.
E
The histogram will show that most of the data is centered between 6 minutes and 9 minutes.
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Raquel and Van live in two different cities. As part of a project, they each record the lowest prices for a gallon of gas at gas stations around their cities on the same day. Raquel’s data show and . Van’s data show and .Which statement is true about their gas-price data?

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A
Raquel’s data are most likely closer to $3.42 than Van’s data are to $3.78.
B
Van’s data are most likely closer to $3.42 than Raquel’s data are to $3.78.
C
Raquel’s data are most likely closer to $3.78 than Van’s data are to $3.42.
D
Van’s data are most likely closer to $3.78 than Raquel’s data are to $3.42.

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