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Transcribed Image Text:Savings banks are permitted to sell a form of life insurance called savings bank life insurance (SBLI). The
approval process consists of underwriting, which includes a review of the application, a medical
information bureau check, possible requests for additional medical information and medical exams, and a
policy compilation stage during which the policy pages are generated and sent to the bank for delivery. The
ability to deliver approved policies to bank customers in a timely manner is critical to the profitability of
this service to the bank. During a period of one month, a random sample of 27 approved policies was
selected, and the following total processing times in days, were recorded;
73
19
56
31
17
91
28
60
90
17
17
17
28
16
56
64
22
63
31
45
50
18
48
92
51
69
16
How is the data distributed?
Select the correct response:
distribution is symmetric
distribution is skewed to the left
distribution is skewed
distribution is skewed to the right
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