Questions: Question 2
10 Points
Listed below is a stem-and-leaf plot of the times it took 13 students to drink a 12 ounce beverage. Values for stems represent seconds and values for leaves represent tenths of a second.
```
3 1234
3 5
4
5 6
6 11379
7
8
```
What was the median time to drink the beverage?
(A) 6.9 seconds.
(B) 5.6 seconds.
(C) 3.5 seconds.
(D) 4.0 seconds.
Transcript text: Question 2
10 Points
Listed below is a stem-and-leaf plot of the times it took 13 students to drink a 12 ounce beverage. Values for stems represent seconds and values for leaves represent tenths of a second.
```
3| 1234
3| 5
4|}
5| 6
6| 11379
7|
8|}
```
What was the median time to drink the beverage?
(A) 6.9 seconds.
(B) 5.6 seconds.
(C) 3.5 seconds.
(D) 4.0 seconds.
Solution
Solution Steps
Step 1: Interpret the Stem-and-Leaf Plot
The stem-and-leaf plot shows the times it took 13 students to drink a 12-ounce beverage. The stems represent seconds, and the leaves represent tenths of a second.
Step 2: List the Times in Order
Convert the stem-and-leaf plot into a list of times:
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
4.0
5.6
6.1, 6.1, 6.3, 6.7, 6.9
8.2
Step 3: Find the Median
The median is the middle value in an ordered list. Since there are 13 times, the median is the 7th value.