What does the length of each line of a stem-and-leaf display represent?
A) The percentage of observations in the interval represented by that stem.
B) The number of observations in the interval represented by that stem.
C) The total frequency of observations within or below that stem.
D) The number of digits to the left of the decimal point.

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The length of each line in a stem-and-leaf display represents the number of observations in the interval represented by that stem. The stem represents the tens digit while the leaf represents the units digit(s). Therefore, the length of each line represents the frequency of observations for each stem interval.

What Does the Length of Each Line of a Stem-And-Leaf