Histograms of the ages (in years) of the winners of best actress and best actor at the Academy Awards upon winning the awards are shown in Fig. 40.

a. Is the distribution of ages of winners of best actress skewed left, skewed right, or symmetric? Which is larger, the mean or the median? Which is a better measure of the center? Explain.
b. Which class contains the median age of the winners of best actress?
c. Which class contains the median age of the winners of best actor?
d. It is a common belief that the typical age of an actor who is highly successful is greater than the typical age of an actress who is highly successful. Is this true? Explain. The phrase highly successful can have many meanings. In your explanation, clarify how you are using the phrase.
e. From inspecting the histograms, a student concludes that for next year€™s Academy Awards, the best-actress winner will be younger than the best-actor winner. What would you tell the student?

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Ages of Best-Actress Winners 25 S 20 15 10 ㄇ 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Age (years) Ages of Best-Actor Winners 25 5 20 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Age (years)