Researchers weighed a sample of river otters and a sample of sea otters. These dot plots show the results (rounded to the nearest pound). Identify the shape of each dot plot.

Which dot plot has a larger center? What does this mean in terms of the otters?

Identify any outliers. What do you think the outliers represent?

Which dot plot has a larger spread?

How do the outliers affect the spread of the dot plot?

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step-by-step explanation:

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.