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Luna is a reliability engineer for a computer parts manufacturer. Her engineering team tracks customer survey data on hard drive failures. This histogram shows the distribution of the time until failure of a hard drive.
Complete the sentences.
The distribution of the time until failure of a hard drive is best described as
. So, the
are both appropriate measures of variation

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The distribution of the time until failure of a hard drive is best described as **skewed or asymmetric (depending on the shape of the histogram)**. So, the **range and interquartile range (IQR)** are both appropriate measures of variation.

If the histogram shows a longer tail on one side (for example, if it has a tail extending towards longer times), "positively skewed" might be appropriate. Conversely, if it has a tail extending towards shorter times, it may be "negatively skewed." Without seeing the actual histogram, adjustments may need to be made to this response based on its shape.

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