Question

If the data below were represented with a stem-and-leaf plot, a stem of 3 would have how many leaves? 53, 64, 16, 93, 72, 30, 23, 48, 31, 83

Answer 1

There would only be two leaves on the three stem because there are only two numbers in the thirties.

Answer 2

The stem of 3 have 2 leaves, one to represent the 30 and another for the 31

Explanation:

Reordering the data we get:

16, 23, 30, 31, 48, 53, 64, 72, 83, 93

The stems are the tens of the given numbers, that is, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9

The leafs are the ones of the given numbers

The stem-and-leaf plot is:

Stem Leaf

1 6

2 3

3 0 1

4 8

5 3

6 4

7 8

8 3

9 3