Solve the Problem A)No the Distribution Is Left-Skewed

question 60

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-Frequency data were reported for the ages of women who became mothers during one year in a selected U.S. city. The age distribution is given in the table. Obtain a relative-frequency histogram
Of these data and determine whether the ages are approximately normally distributed.
$\begin{array} { c | c } \begin{array} { c } \text { Age } \\\text { (yrs) }\end{array} & \text { Frequency } \\\hline \text { 10-under 15 } & 10 \\\text { 15-under 20 } & 87 \\\text { 20-under 25 } & 888 \\\text { 25-under 30 } & 679 \\30 \text {-under 35 } & 245 \\35 \text {-under 40 } & 227 \\40 \text {-under 45 } & 123 \\45 \text {-under } 50 & 79\end{array}$

• A)No. The distribution is left-skewed.
• B)No. The distribution is uniform.
• C)Yes. The distribution is bell-shaped.
• D)No. The distribution is right-skewed.

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