A histogram is titled 'Exam Scores per Student in Mr. Hanley's Class.' The x-axis ranges from 40 to 100 by 10-unit increments and the y-axis ranges from 0 to 8 by 2-unit increments. The x-axis is labeled 'Exam Scores' and the y-axis is unlabeled.

Question

A histogram is titled 'Exam Scores per Student in Ms. Blach's Class.' The x-axis ranges from 40 to 100 by 10-unit increments and the y-axis ranges from 0 to 5 by increments of 1. The x-axis is labeled 'Exam Scores' and the y-axis is unlabeled.
Compare the skewed distributions. Mr. Hanley and Ms. Balch gave the same Algebra final exam to their classes. The histograms show the distribution of the scores for each class. In which range would you expect to find the median exam score for Ms. Balch’s class?

(1 point)
Responses

between 50 and 60
between 50 and 60

between 70 and 80
between 70 and 80

between 60 and 70
between 60 and 70

between 80 and 90

gimme the closest answer

Answer 1

To determine the expected range for the median exam score in Ms. Blach's class based on the provided histogram, we need to consider the height of the bars in the histogram.

Since the y-axis for Ms. Blach's class ranges from 0 to 5, we can infer that there are significant numbers of students in the lower exam score ranges, as her histogram likely exhibits a right (positive) skew, meaning many students scored lower, with fewer students achieving higher scores.

Given that the majority of scores in a right-skewed distribution are concentrated towards the left side (lower scores), we would expect the median to fall towards the lower end as well.

Thus, based on the description, the closest answer for the expected range for the median exam score for Ms. Blach’s class would be:

between 60 and 70