In a certain distribution the first four moments about 5 are 2, 20, 40 and 50. Calculate the measure of skewness (ß,) and kurtosis (B,). State whether the distribution is leptokurtic or platykurtic.

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In a certain distribution the first four moments about 5 are 2, 20, 40 and 50. Calculate the measure of
skewness (B,) and kurtosis (B,). State whether the distribution is leptokurtic or platykurtic.
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