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Based on the table shown in the attached file:

1. On average, what percentage of the people in the fifty states and the District of Columbia does not have health insurance? Round to 2 decimal places.

2. Based on the data above, what is the median percentage of people who do not have health insurance in the fifty states and the District of Columbia? Round to 2 decimal places.

3. Find the standard deviation of the percentage of people in the fifty states and the District of Columbia who do not have health insurance. Round answer to 2 decimal places.

4. The distribution of the data given in the table is

A. Normally distributed
B. Positively Skewed
C. Negatively Skewed
D. Binomially distributed

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