Question

mr. lynch, a p.e. teacher, wrote down how much weight each of his students could lift. weight lifting results (lbs) stem leaf 1 1 2 2 4 4 8 3 1 8 4 1 5 7 5 2 6 2 7 0 1 2 3 8 1 9 2 7 9 how many people lifted exactly 24 pounds? □ people

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze stem - leaf plot

In a stem - leaf plot, the stem represents the tens place and the leaf represents the ones place. For the weight 24 pounds, the stem is 2 (representing 20) and the leaf should be 4 (representing 4).

Step2: Count the number of leaves with value 4 in stem 2

Looking at the stem - leaf plot, for stem = 2, the leaves are 2, 4, 4, 8. We count the number of times 4 appears in the leaves of stem 2. The number 4 appears 2 times.

Answer:

2