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

question 192

Multiple Choice

TABLE 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 Table 2-5, if 100 calls were sampled, ________ of them would have lasted 20 minutes or more.

• A) 26
• B) 16
• C) 74
• D) None of the above

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