Describe the distribution of earthquake magnitudes

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Question: With the California earthquake data (earthqk.html) from the website for this book:

a. Produce a stem-and-leaf plot of earthquake magnitudes.

b. Describe the distribution of earthquake magnitudes.

c. Using a sheet of graph paper, design a suitable grid and then plot the locations of earthquake epicenters with the latitude and longitude coordinates.

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