A teacher decides to measure and

record the lengths in inches of all
of the pencils in her desk drawer.
She plans to organize the data in
a line plot. The lengths of the
pencils are listed below.
3.25 5.25 6.5 3.75 6.5 5 7.25
6.5 2.75 6.25 7 5.25 3.25 5.5
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describe the line plot

The line plot would have a number line with intervals ranging from 2 to 8 on the x-axis. The frequencies of each length of pencil would be represented by dots above the corresponding number on the number line. The plot would show that the most common lengths of pencils are 5.25 and 6.5, each appearing three times, followed by lengths of 3.25, 5, and 7, each appearing twice. Lengths of 2.75 and 7.25 each appear once, while lengths of 6.25 and 5.5 do not appear in the data set.