Question

Tara has a magnet collection from places she visited. She measures the length of the magnets to the nearest half inch and records the data in a line plot. Are more magnets longer than 2 1/2 inches or shorter than 2 1/2 inches? Explain

Answer 1

Explanation:

Answer 2

there are more magnets that longer than 2 1/2

Explanation:

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Please have a look at the attached photo.

My answer:

From the photo, we can see that:

Length of the magnet:

• 1 inch there is 1 magnet
• 
  `1(1)/(2)` inches there are 2 magnets
• 2 inches there are 3 magnets
• 3 inches there are 4 magnets
• 
  `3(1)/(2)` there is 1 magnet
• 4 inches there are 2 magnets

=> the total number of magnets that longer than 2 1/2 are: 4+1+2 = 7

=> the total number of magnets that shorter than 2 1/2 are: 1+2+3 = 6

Hence, there are more magnets that longer than 2 1/2

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