A machine is supposed to fill juice bottles with 16 fluid ounces of juice. The manufacturer picks a sample of bottles that have been filled by the machine and determines the volume of juice in each bottle. The results are shown in the following stem-and-leaf diagram. The leaf unit is 0.1. $$\begin{array} { l | l }
15 & 1 \
15 & 233 \
15 & \
15 & 667777 \
15 & 888899999 \
16 & 000000011111 \
16 & 222223333 \
16 & 445 \
16 & 66 \
16 & 8
\end{array}$$ How many bottles were sampled?

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A machine is supposed to fill juice bottles with 16 fluid ounces of juice. The manufacturer picks a sample of bottles that have been filled by the machine and determines the volume of juice in each bottle. The results are shown in the following stem-and-leaf diagram. The leaf unit is 0.1. $$\begin{array} { l | l } 
15 & 1 \
15 & 233 \
15 & \
15 & 667777 \
15 & 888899999 \
16 & 000000011111 \
16 & 222223333 \
16 & 445 \
16 & 66 \
16 & 8
\end{array}$$ How many bottles were sampled?

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The stem-and-leaf diagram shows each individual data point. Counting all the leaves gives a total of 44 bottles sampled.

A Machine Is Supposed to Fill Juice Bottles with 16