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CH 2 - Class Problems 1

1. The document contains 4 exercises asking the student to create stem-and-leaf plots from given data sets. 2. For each data set, the student is asked to identify any outliers in the data. 3. The data sets include miles per gallon ratings for cars, heights of trees, prices of laptops, and daily temperatures.

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CH 2 - Class Problems 1

1. The document contains 4 exercises asking the student to create stem-and-leaf plots from given data sets. 2. For each data set, the student is asked to identify any outliers in the data. 3. The data sets include miles per gallon ratings for cars, heights of trees, prices of laptops, and daily temperatures.

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Name: __________________

Date: __________________
Chapter 2 Class Problems 1
Source: Textbook: Page 127

2.1 Stem-and-Leaf Graphs (Stemplots)

For each of the following data sets, create a stem plot and identify any outliers.
1. The miles per gallon rating for 30 cars are shown below (lowest to highest).
19, 19, 19, 20, 21, 21, 25, 25, 25, 26, 26, 28, 29, 31, 31, 32, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 37,
38, 38, 38, 38, 41, 43, 43

2. The height in feet of 25 trees is shown below (lowest to highest).


25, 27, 33, 34, 34, 34, 35, 37, 37, 38, 39, 39, 39, 40, 41, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 50, 53, 53,
54, 54

3. The data are the prices of different laptops at an electronics store. Round each
value to the nearest ten. Create a stem plot using the hundreds digits as the stems
and the tens digits as the stem leaves.
249, 249, 260, 265, 265, 280, 299, 299, 309, 319, 325, 326, 350, 350, 350, 365, 369,
389, 409, 459, 489, 559, 569, 570, 610

4. The data are daily high temperatures in a town for one month.
61, 61, 62, 64, 66, 67, 67, 67, 68, 69, 70, 70, 70, 71, 71, 72, 74, 74, 74, 75, 75, 75, 76,
76, 77, 78, 78, 79, 79, 95
Name: __________________
Date: __________________
Chapter 2 Class Problems 1
Solutions
Exercise 1. The miles per gallon rating for 30 cars are shown below (lowest to highest).
19, 19, 19, 20, 21, 21, 25, 25, 25, 26, 26, 28, 29, 31, 31, 32, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 37, 38,
38, 38, 38, 41, 43, 43

Solution Stem Stem Leaf


1 999
2 0115556689
3 11223456778888
4 133

Exercise 2. The height in feet of 25 trees is shown below (lowest to highest).


25, 27, 33, 34, 34, 34, 35, 37, 37, 38, 39, 39, 39, 40, 41, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 50, 53, 53, 54,
54

Solution Stem Stem Leaf


2 57
3 34445778999
4 015679
5 003344

Exercise 3. The data are the prices of different laptops at an electronics store. Round each value to the
nearest ten. Create a stem plot using the hundredths digits as the stems and the tens digits
as the leaves.
249, 249, 260, 265, 265, 280, 299, 299, 309, 319, 325, 326, 350, 350, 350, 365, 369, 389,
409, 459, 489, 559, 569, 570, 610

Solution Stem Stem Leaf


2 556778
3 001233555779
4 169
5 677
6 1

Exercise 4. The data are daily high temperatures in a town for one month.
61, 61, 62, 64, 66, 67, 67, 67, 68, 69, 70, 70, 70, 71, 71, 72, 74, 74, 74, 75, 75, 75, 76, 76,
77, 78, 78, 79, 79, 95
For the next three exercises, use the data to construct a line graph.

Solution Stem Stem Leaf


6 1124677789
7 0001124445556678899
8
9 5

95 appears to be an outlier.

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