boston rainfall. The daily rainfall amounts (in inches) for Boston in a recent year consist of 365 values with these properties:

• The mean daily rainfall amount is 0.083 inch.

• The median of the daily rainfall amounts is 0 inches.

• The minimum daily rainfall amount is 0 inches and the maximum is 1.48 inches.

a. How is it possible that the minimum of the 365 values is 0 inches and the median is also 0 inches?

b. Describe the distribution as symmetric, left-skewed, or right-skewed.

c. Can you determine the exact number of days that it rained? Can you conclude anything about the number of days that it rained? Explain.