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Chapter 2: Q.4 (page 125)

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

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It is observed that temperature in town is highly concentrated at 70sand60s.There is one outliner in the given data and its temperature is of95

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Content Introduction

Considering the given data for daily high temperatures in the town for one month.

The steps to create step plot are written below:

  1. Divide each observation of data into stems and leaf.
  2. Write stems in vertical line from smallest to largest.
  3. Draw a vertical line to the right of the stems
  4. Write leaves in increasing order next to their corresponding stem.
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Content Explanation

The stem plot is constructed as follow:

It is observed that temperature in town is highly concentrated at 70sand60s.There is one outliner in the given data and its temperature is of95.

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