The Florida State Center for Health Statistics reported in Women and Cardiovascular Disease Hospitalizations that, for cardiovascular hospitalizations, the mean age of women is 71.9 years. At one hospital, a random sample of 20 female cardiovascular patients had the following ages, in years.

a. Round each observation to the nearest year and then construct a stem-and-leaf diagram of the rounded data.
b. Truncate each observation by dropping the decimal part, and then construct a stem-and-leaf diagram of the truncated data.
c. Compare the stem-and-leaf diagrams that you obtained in parts (a) and (b).

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