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Given the box plot, will the mean or the median provide a better description of the center?

A. The mean, because the data distribution is symmetrical
B. The mean, because the data distribution is skewed to the left
C. The median, because the data distribution is skewed to the left
D. The median, because the data distribution is skewed to the right

Given the box plot, will the mean or the median provide a better description of the-example-1
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D (The median, because the data distribution is skewed to the right)
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