Plot normal, left and right skewed distribution in R

Question

I want to create 3 plots for illustration purposes: - normal distribution - right skewed distribution - left skewed distribution

This should be an easy task, but I fo

Answer 1

If you are not too tied to normal, then I suggest you use beta distribution which can be symmetrical, right skewed or left skewed based on the shape parameters.

hist(rbeta(10000,5,2))
hist(rbeta(10000,2,5))
hist(rbeta(10000,5,5))