The population of the United States is aging, though less rapidly than in other developed countries. Here is a stemplot of the percents of residents aged 65 and older in the 50 states, according to the 2000 census. The stems are whole percents and the leaves are tenths of a percent. There are two outliers: Alaska has the lowest percent of older residents, and Florida has the highest.

6 8
7
8 8
9 79
10 08
11 15566
12 012223444457888999
13 01233333444899
14 02666
15 23
16 8

Question

The population of the United States is aging, though less rapidly than in other developed countries. Here is a stemplot of the percents of residents aged 65 and older in the 50 states, according to the 2000 census. The stems are whole percents and the leaves are tenths of a percent. There are two outliers: Alaska has the lowest percent of older residents, and Florida has the highest.
 	 
6	8
7	 
8	8
9	79
10	08
11	15566
12	012223444457888999
13	01233333444899
14	02666
15	23
16	8

konradzuse · Answer

Ignoring the outliers, the shape of the distribution is
A.	somewhat skewed to the right.
B.	close to symmetric.
C.	somewhat skewed to the left.

konradzuse · Answer

I picked B, but that isnt' the answer, so I would assume it would be left skewed since there is an extra value on the left?