Twenty words were randomly selected from a science fiction novel and a biography. The line plot shows the
number of letters in each of the 20 words,
Which conclusion can be drawn from the data?
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Science fiction novels have more words than
biographies,
The biography has a less range of word
length,
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Biography
The words are generally much shorter in the
science fiction novel than the biography,
The median word length for both books is the
same.