Final answer:
To find the highest score from a stem-and-leaf plot, identify the highest stem and attach to it the largest leaf. Without the actual plot, we can't provide the exact highest score. Generally, the highest number on the plot represents the highest score.
Step-by-step explanation:
To determine the highest score recorded in last season's basketball games from a stem-and-leaf plot, we need to locate the greatest number in the plot.
The stem represents the leading digit(s), while the leaf represents the last significant digit of the scores.
If most scores fell in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, and approximately 26 percent were in the 90s or 100, we would proceed to find the stem with the highest value and then identify the highest leaf attached to that stem.
However, without the actual stem-and-leaf plot or the data it represents, we cannot definitively state what the highest score was.
Generally, if the plot shows that the highest stem is 9 and the highest leaf on that stem is 8, the highest score would be 98. If there's a score of 100, it might be represented by a special case in the plot where the stem is 10 and the leaf is 0.