SCENARIO 2-5 The Following Are the Duration in Minutes of a Sample

question 133

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 2-5
The following are the duration in minutes of a sample of long-distance phone calls made within the
continental United States reported by one long-distance carrier.
-Referring to Scenario 2-5, if 100 calls were randomly sampled, _______ of them would have
Lasted at least 15 minutes but less than 20 minutes

• A) 6
• B) 8
• C) 10
• D) 16

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