Question

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. which statement best describes the possible value of the median time of students riding the bus to school? the median time is less than 25 minutes. the median time is exactly equal to 25 minutes. the median time is approximately equal to 25 minutes. the median time is greater than 25 minutes.

Explanation:

In a right - skewed distribution, the mean is pulled towards the tail (the higher values). The median is less affected by extreme values. Since the mean is 25 minutes (pulled up by the few larger values in the right - tail), the median will be less than the mean.

Answer:

The median time is less than 25 minutes.