Question

5. The following stem-and-leaf plots compare the ages of 30 actors and 30 actresses at the time they won the Oscar award for Best Actor or Actress.ActorsStemsActresses2146667987532213001133444557788877654332210041112966515210601167480(a) What is the age of the youngest actor to win an Oscar? years(b) What is the age difference between the oldest and the youngest actress to win an Oscar? years(c) What is the oldest age shared by two actors to win an Oscar? years

Answer 1

(a) 31 years

(b) 59 years

(c) 56 years

Step-by-step explanation:

In general, when reading a stem and leaf plot, we read firstly the number in the steam (middle) and then in the leaf.

Now, let's move on to the question:

(a) As we can see in the graph, the youngest actor has 31 years.

(b) The youngest actress is 21 years old and the oldest is 80.

So, the difference is 80 - 21 = 59 years.

(c) In this exercise, we have to look for actors who had the same age. That means, when evaluating the steam, we will have to find similar values in the leaf. The oldest age shared is 56 years.