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The box-and-whisker plot below shows the age distribution of people at a family reunion.

The stem-and-leaf plot below shows the same given data.

Which of the following best explains why one graph appears skewed and one graph appears symmetrical?

A. The scale of the box-and-whisker plot does not start a zero.
B. The interview of the box and whisker plot is too large.
C. The interval 2 stem and leaf plot is not consistent.
D. The scale of the stem and leaf plot is too small for the set of data.​

The box-and-whisker plot below shows the age distribution of people at a family reunion-example-1
User Elisabetta
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Answer:

C on edge :)

Explanation:

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User ActualAl
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Answer:

C. The interval of the stem and leaf plot is not consistent.

Explanation:

The stem and leaf plot appears at first glance to be accurate. However, 5 is skipped altogether in the stems; this makes the plot look symmetric instead of skewed.

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