The Boston Marathon is the oldest and best-known U.S. marathon. It covers a route from Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to downtown Boston. The distance is approximately 26 miles. Winning times for the Boston Marathon are all over 2 hours. The following data are the minutes over 2 hours for the winning male runners.   1961-1980 23 23 18 19 16 17 15 22 13 10 18 15 16 13 9 20 14 10 9 12   1981-2000 9 8 9 10 14 7 11 8 9 8 11 8 9 7 9 9 10 7 9 9 (a) Make a stem-and-leaf display for the minutes over 2 hours of the winning times for the years 1961 and 1980. Use two lines per stem. (Use the tens digit as the stem and the ones digit as the leaf. Enter NONE in any unused answer blanks. For more details, view How to Split a Stem.) Minutes Beyond 2 Hours (1961-1980) (b) Make a stem-and-leaf display for the minutes over 2 hours of the winning times for the years 1981 to 2000. Use two lines per stem. (Use the tens digit as the stem and the ones digit as the leaf. Enter NONE in any unused answer blanks.) Minutes Beyond 2 Hours (1981-2000) (c) Compare the two distributions. How many times under 15 minutes are in each distribution? 1961-1980      times 1981-2000      times

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The Boston Marathon is the oldest and best-known U.S. marathon. It covers a route from Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to downtown Boston. The distance is approximately 26 miles. Winning times for the Boston Marathon are all over 2 hours. The following data are the minutes over 2 hours for the winning male runners.
 
1961-1980
23 23 18 19 16 17 15 22 13 10
18 15 16 13 9 20 14 10 9 12
 
1981-2000
9 8 9 10 14 7 11 8 9 8
11 8 9 7 9 9 10 7 9 9
(a) Make a stem-and-leaf display for the minutes over 2 hours of the winning times for the years 1961 and 1980. Use two lines per stem. (Use the tens digit as the stem and the ones digit as the leaf. Enter NONE in any unused answer blanks. For more details, view How to Split a Stem.)
Minutes Beyond 2 Hours
(1961-1980)












(b) Make a stem-and-leaf display for the minutes over 2 hours of the winning times for the years 1981 to 2000. Use two lines per stem. (Use the tens digit as the stem and the ones digit as the leaf. Enter NONE in any unused answer blanks.)
Minutes Beyond 2 Hours
(1981-2000)








(c) Compare the two distributions. How many times under 15 minutes are in each distribution?
1961-1980      times
1981-2000      times
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