As an experiment in a botany class 20 plants are placed in a

As an experiment in a botany class, 20 plants are placed in a greenhouse, and their growth in centimeters after 20 days is recorded, with the results shown below. Construct a stem and leaf plot for the data.
20 12 39 38
41 43 51 52
59 55 53 59
50 58 35 38
23 32 43 53

Arrange the leaves in order from smallest to largest. Do not separate the answers with a comma.
Stems   Leaves
1
2
3
4
5

Solution

From the stem-and-leaf plot, it can be observed that the data is left-skewed (tail is spread towards left side) and the median exists at 4.

 As an experiment in a botany class, 20 plants are placed in a greenhouse, and their growth in centimeters after 20 days is recorded, with the results shown bel

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