A farmer grows apple, orange, lemon, banana, and pear trees. The number of trees planted this year is shown in the table above. Which of the following would best display the data?
A. Stem and leaf plot
B. Bar graph
C. Line graph
D. Scatter plot
The best way to display the data showing the number of each type of tree is:
A. Bar graph
A bar graph effectively illustrates the quantity of each tree type, with each bar representing the number of trees of a specific type. It provides a clear visual comparison of the different categories.
B. Stem and leaf plot: This is more suitable for displaying numerical data in a compact form but is less ideal for categorical data like tree types.
C. Line graph: This is typically used to show trends over time and is not ideal for comparing categories of data.
D. Scatter plot: This is used to show relationships between two numerical variables and is not appropriate for this categorical data.