Definition of stem-and-leaf plot

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stem-and-leaf plot

The term 'stem-and-leaf plot' as it applies to the area of basic math can be defined as 'a display of data in which digits with larger place values (10's or greater) are 'stems' and digits with smaller place values (1's) are 'leaves' (e.g., 0 00158881 234455692 3 014represents {0,0,1,5,8,8,8,12,13,14,14,15,15,16,19,30,31,34})'.

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