Here are some summary statistics for the durations for which candles from a certain company burn.

Candle type
Jar candle
Pillar candle

Mean duration
u=25 hours
u=95 hours

Standard deviation
o=2.5 hours
o=7.5 hours


Andrei had cinnamon-scented jar candle that burned for 30 hours and a berry-scented pillar candle that
burned for 88 hours,

Relative to its type, which candle burned faster?
Choose 1 answer:

The cinnamon-scented jar candle

The berry-scented pillar candle

The two candles burned equally fast relative to their types

It’s impossible to say without seeing all of the individual burning times

It’s impossible to say since we don’t know the shape of either distribution