A manufacturer of flashlight batteries took a sample of 130 batteries from a day's production and used them continuously until they were drained. The number of hours until failure were recorded. Given below is the boxplot of the number of hours it took to drain each of the 130 batteries. The distribution of the number of hours is

Left skewed

Step-by-step explanation:

The distribution displayed in the boxplot Given is negatively skewed, hence, a left tail skweness. Skewness can be determined in a box plot, if the line of the median cuts or divides the box into unequal halves, such that sides relative to the median are longer Than each other. If the longer side is to the left of the median, we have left skewness; to the right we have right skewness. If the sides are equal, then the distribution is symmetric.

For the scenario above, the longwr side is to the left of the median, hence we have left skewness.