A study was recently conducted in which makers of toothpaste tracked sales for the month at different stores in a market area. The variable of interest was the number of units sold. The numbers ranged from 1,200 to 22,700. In this case, the stems in a stem and leaf diagram might be values such as 1 and 22 while the leaves would be 200 and 700.

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The stem-and-leaf plot is a graphical representation of the distribution of data. The stems are the first digits of the data values, and the leaves are the remaining digits. In this case, the stems would be 1 and 22, and the leaves would be 200 and 700.

A Study Was Recently Conducted in Which Makers of Toothpaste