Michelle's scout troop always sells a lot of cookies when they set up a cookie booth at a local business. The scout leader keeps track of how many boxes they sell each time. This line plot shows the distribution of the number of boxes sold this month.

Question

Cookie booth sales
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Boxes sold
Complete the sentences.
The distribution of the number of boxes sold is best described as
. So, the mean
an appropriate measure of center.

Answer 1

The distribution of the number of boxes sold is best described as fairly symmetric. So, the mean would be an appropriate measure of center.