American Presidents The following table lists the ages at the time of death for the...

American Presidents The following table lists the ages at the time of death for the 38 deceased American presidents from George Washington to Ronald Reagan:⁵

a. Before you graph the data, try to visualize the distribution of the ages at death for the presidents. What shape do you think it will have?

b. Construct a stem and leaf plot for the data. Describe the shape. Does it surprise you?

c. The five youngest presidents at the time of death appear in the lower “tail” of the distribution. Three of the five youngest have one common trait. Identify the five youngest presidents at death. What common trait explains these mea-surements?