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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What are the stems in the below data? forty-two, ninety-eight, three hundred six, six hundred nineteen two, eight, six, nine four, nine, three, six four, nine, thirty, sixty-one two, eight, zero six, nineteen

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

Express all of them in Arabic numerals first

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What do you mean? @kc_kennylau

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

Don't you think that words like "forty-two", "three hundred six" are hard to process?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No, I do not.

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

I do, so convert all of them to numerals

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

\[\begin{array}{lrr} \mbox{forty-two:}&42&4|2\\ \mbox{ninety-eight:}&98&9|8\\ \mbox{three hundred six:}&306&30|6\\ \mbox{six hundred nineteen:}&619&61|9 \end{array}\]

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

See the stems now?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes.

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

Close the question?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So the answer would be A?

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

No, those are leaves

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh, the stems are C).

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

Yep

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you very much!

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

no problem

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