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Split Stem: Golf The U.S. Open Golf Tournament was played at Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland, with prizes
71 | 65 | 67 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 71 |
70 | 75 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 75 |
66 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 67 | |
The scores for the fourth round for these players were as follows: | ||||||||||
69 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 72 |
73 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 |
74 | 72 | 71 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 74 |
(a) Make a stem-and-leaf display for the first-round scores. Use two lines per stem. (See Problem 5.)
(b) Make a stem-and-leaf display for the fourth-round scores. Use two lines per stem.
(c) Interpretation Compare the two distributions. How do the highest scores compare? How do the lowest scores compare?
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