Which of the following information would be best shown on a stem-and-leaf plot?

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Which of the following information would be best shown on a stem-and-leaf plot?

Data that shows the number of pieces of mail received at each house on a street

Data that compares the number of houses built after 2001 to the total number of houses in a neighborhood.

Data that shows the number of bathrooms and the number of bedrooms in each house on a street

Data that compares the number of houses in a neighborhood that have red, black, or white doors.

*It is not Data that shows the number of bathrooms and the number of bedrooms in each house on a street^-^

Explanation / Answer

Stem-and-leaf plots are a method for showing the frequency with which certain classes of values occur. when you look at the categories above, data comparing houses built after 2001 would best be shown on a pie chart data comparing bathrooms and bedroom in each house would best be shown on a box and whisker plot data comparing door colors would be be portrayed on a bar graph the only other option would be the pieces of mail--usually stem and leaf plots have the stem as tens or hundreds and the leaves are ones or tens. with this having been said, pieces of mail fits that description nicely.

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