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The Practice of Statistics | 5th Edition | ISBN: 9781464108730 | Authors: Daren S. Starnes, Josh Tabor

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Drive time Professor Moore, who lives a few miles outside a college town, records the time he takes to drive to the college each morning. Here are the times (in minutes) for 42 consecutive weekdays: 8.25 7.83 8.30 8.42 8.50 8.67 8.17 9.00 9.00 8.17 7.92 9.00 8.50 9.00 7.75 7.92 8.00 8.08 8.42 8.75 8.08 9.75 8.33 7.83 7.92 8.58 7.83 8.42 7.75 7.42 6.75 7.42 8.50 8.67 10.17 8.75 8.58 8.67 9.17 9.08 8.83 8.67 Make a histogram to display the data. Write a paragraph describing the distribution of Professor Moores drive times.

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QUESTION:

Drive time Professor Moore, who lives a few miles outside a college town, records the time he takes to drive to the college each morning. Here are the times (in minutes) for 42 consecutive weekdays: 8.25 7.83 8.30 8.42 8.50 8.67 8.17 9.00 9.00 8.17 7.92 9.00 8.50 9.00 7.75 7.92 8.00 8.08 8.42 8.75 8.08 9.75 8.33 7.83 7.92 8.58 7.83 8.42 7.75 7.42 6.75 7.42 8.50 8.67 10.17 8.75 8.58 8.67 9.17 9.08 8.83 8.67 Make a histogram to display the data. Write a paragraph describing the distribution of Professor Moores drive times.

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The data for the consecutive 42 weekdays is as follows

Maximum time taken:10.17

Minimum time taken:6.75

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