A Machine Is Supposed to Fill Juice Bottles with 16

question 14

Multiple Choice

A machine is supposed to fill juice bottles with 16 fluid ounces of juice. The manufacturer picks a sample of bottles which have been filled by the machine and determines the volume of juice in each bottle. The results are shown in the stem-and-leaf diagram below. The leaf unit is 0.1. $$\begin{array} { l | l } 15 & 1 \\15 & 3 \\15 & 45 \\15 & 667777 \\15 & 888899999 \\16 & 000000011111 \\16 & 222223333 \\16 & 445 \\16 & 66 \\16 & 8\end{array}$$
How many bottles were sampled?

• A)46
• B)16
• C)44
• D)10

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

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