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Transcribed Image Text:. The histogram displays the sugar content (as a percent of weight) of 49 brands of
breakfast cereals.
0 3 15 21 32 0 3 55
Sugu (*)
Describe the shape of this distribution.
What do you think might account for this shape?
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