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The following histogram is for the weights (lbs) of 63 male college students.(Source: idealwtmen dataset on the CD.)
-What is the best description for the approximate shape of this distribution?
A) Nearly symmetric.
B) Skewed to the left.
C) Skewed to the right.
D) Bimodal (has more than one peak).

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 The following histogram is for the weights (lbs) of 63 male college students.(Source: idealwtmen dataset on the CD.) 
-What is the best description for the approximate shape of this distribution?
A) Nearly symmetric. 
B) Skewed to the left. 
C) Skewed to the right. 
D) Bimodal (has more than one peak).

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The distribution is described as nearly symmetric when the left and right sides are approximately mirror images of each other.

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