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The following data was collected from 1 bag of Hershey Kisses®. Each Kiss® was weighed in grams with the wrapper and recorded in the table below. Hershey claims that there are 368 grams of chocolate in one bag.
Hershey Kiss Weights in Grams | ||||||||
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4.76 | 4.72 | 4.74 | 4.55 | 4.91 | 4.74 | 4.78 | 4.71 | 4.80 |
4.78 | 4.78 | 4.75 | 4.79 | 4.82 | 4.91 | 4.83 | 4.68 | 4.74 |
4.70 | 4.80 | 4.70 | 4.76 | 4.70 | 4.83 | 4.93 | 4.74 | 4.84 |
4.82 | 4.76 | 4.77 | 4.72 | 4.78 | 4.83 | 4.75 | 4.74 | 4.68 |
4.84 | 4.71 | 4.71 | 4.76 | 4.66 | 4.78 | 4.73 | 4.74 | 4.92 |
4.77 | 4.80 | 4.79 | 4.86 | 4.64 | 4.78 | 4.70 | 4.75 | 4.78 |
4.76 | 4.83 | 4.66 | 4.77 | 4.83 | 4.78 | 4.69 | 4.81 | 4.68 |
4.78 | 4.88 | 4.72 | 4.85 | 4.85 | 4.81 | 4.74 | 4.80 | 4.82 |
4.84 | 4.70 | 4.85 | 4.70 | 4.81 | 4.72 | 4.79 | 4.73 |
4.61 |
Describe the distribution of Kisses®. Make sure to include descriptions of the shape, center, spread, and outliers, if there are any.
In general, each Kiss® is approximately how many grams? Explain what measure you used and why.
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