The histogram shows the running times in minutes of the 150 top-grossing feature films released in 2010.
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a) You plan to see a movie this weekend. Based on these movies, how long do you expect a typical movie to run?
b) Would you be surprised to find that your movie ran for 2 1/2 hours (150 minutes)?
c) Which would you expect to be higher: the mean or the median run time for all movies? Why?
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