The number of consecutive frost-free days in a year is called the growing season. A farmer considering moving to a new region finds that the median growing season for the area for the last 50 years is 275 days while the mean growing season is 240 days.
(a) Explain how it is possible for the mean to be so much lower than the median, and describe the distribution of the growing season lengths in this area for the last 50 years.
(b) Draw a possible curve for the shape of this distribution. Label the mean and median on the horizontal axis.
(c) Describe the likely shape of the distribution.