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Do not use software on this question.  Use pencil, paper, and your calculator to calculate the values of both the mean and the median for this sample data.

Here are the snowfall amounts for 12 more-than-a-trace snowfalls for this February 2020 and March 2020 (rounded to the nearest inch): 4  0  6  6  0  6  0  9  2  3  1  2  

Using just the values for the median and the mean, is the distribution symmetric or skewed? If skewed, which direction?

A. Skewed left since mean < median

B. Symmetric since mean is about the same as the median

C. Skewed left since mean > median

D. Skewed right since mean < median

E. Skewed right since mean > median

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