document.write( "Question 477638: I am finding this problem difficult, I am not sure how to do a stem and leaf plot at all. could someone please help me, Thanks in advance.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The number of dry cleaning orders picked up at Sunny Fresh Dry Cleaners was sampled over 12 hour periods. Below is the sample:\r
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document.write( "71 86 63 46 70 63 49 63 81 71 63 59 45 63 70 64 \r\n" );
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document.write( "Arrange them in order smallest to largest: \r\n" );
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document.write( "45 46 49 59 63 63 63 63 63 64 70 70 71 71 81 86\r\n" );
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document.write( "Put the 40's on the first row, the 50's on the \r\n" );
document.write( "2nd row, the 60's on the 3rd row, etc:\r\n" );
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document.write( "45 46 49\r\n" );
document.write( "59\r\n" );
document.write( "63 63 63 63 63 64\r\n" );
document.write( "70 70 71 71\r\n" );
document.write( "81 86\r\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a line between the digits of the left-most number\r\n" );
document.write( "on each row:\r\n" );
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document.write( "4|5 46 49\r\n" );
document.write( "5|9\r\n" );
document.write( "6|3 63 63 63 63 64\r\n" );
document.write( "7|0 70 71 71\r\n" );
document.write( "8|1 86\r\n" );
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document.write( "Erase the first digit of all the other numbers:\r\n" );
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document.write( "4|5 6 9\r\n" );
document.write( "5|9\r\n" );
document.write( "6|3 3 3 3 3 4\r\n" );
document.write( "7|0 0 1 1\r\n" );
document.write( "8|1 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Take out the spaces between the digits:\r\n" );
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document.write( "4|569\r\n" );
document.write( "5|9\r\n" );
document.write( "6|333334\r\n" );
document.write( "7|0011\r\n" );
document.write( "8|16\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's it.  It's sort of a sideways histogram. \r\n" );
document.write( "If you turn your head 90° to the right, \r\n" );
document.write( "(or if you have it printed on paper, turn the paper 90°\r\n" );
document.write( "to the left), you'll see that the stem-and-leaf \r\n" );
document.write( "plot looks a lot like a histogram.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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