At the U.S. Open Tennis Championship a statistician keeps track of every serve that a player hits during the tournament. The statistician reported that the mean serve speed of a particular player was 103 miles per hour. Suppose that the statistician indicated that the serve speed distribution was skewed to the left. Which of the following values is most likely the value of the median serve speed?Group of answer choices85 mph94 mph103 mph112 mph
Question
At the U.S. Open Tennis Championship a statistician keeps track of every serve that a player hits during the tournament. The statistician reported that the mean serve speed of a particular player was 103 miles per hour. Suppose that the statistician indicated that the serve speed distribution was skewed to the left. Which of the following values is most likely the value of the median serve speed?Group of answer choices85 mph94 mph103 mph112 mph
Solution
In a left-skewed distribution, the mean is less than the median. Given that the mean serve speed is 103 mph, the median serve speed would be more than 103 mph. Therefore, the most likely value of the median serve speed is 112 mph.
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