A lake is a body of water surrounded by land. Hence, some bodies of water named "seas," like the Caspian Sea, are actual salt lakes. In the table that follows, the length in miles is listed for the major natural lakes of the world, excluding the Caspian Sea, which has a length of 760 miles.

a. Use a stem and leaf plot to describe the lengths of the world's major lakes.
b. Use a histogram to display these same data. How does this compare to the stem and leaf plot in part a?
c. Are these data symmetric or skewed? If skewed, what is the direction of the skewing?

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Name Length (mi Superior Victoria Huron Michigan Aral Sea Tanganyika Length (mi) 350 250 206 307 260 420 Name Titicaca Nicaragua Athabasca Reindeer Tonle Sap Turkana 122 102 208 143 70 154 Baykal Great Bear Nyasa Great Slave Erie Winni Ontario Balkhash Ladoga Maracaibo nega 395 192 360 298 241 266 193 376 124 133 145 90 Issyk Kul Torrens Vänem Nettilling Winnipegosis Albert Nipigon Gairdner Urmia Manitoba Chad 115 130 91 67 141 100 72 90 90 140 175 2 peg 2 2