Following are the running times (in minutes) for the 12 top-grossing movies rated PG or PG-13, and the 12 top-grossing movies rated R, for the recent weekend. Construct back-to-back stem-and-leaf plots for these data sets. If there are no leaves on a particular stem, select the "None" button.

Movies rated pg or pg-13 VS Movies Rated R
Wreck-It Ralph 108 Silver Linings Playbook 122
Lincoln 145 A Good Day to Die Hard 97
Quartet 98 Parker 118
Dark Skies 97 Zero Dark Thirty 157
Life of Pi 126 Argo 120
Escape From Planet Earth 89 Phantom 97
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 166 Identity Thief 111
Emperor 98 Spring Breakers 94
The Last Exorcism Part II 88 21 and Over 93
Warm Bodies 97 Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 88
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 100 Dead Man Down 110
Snitch 112 The Call 95

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To create a back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot for the running times of PG or PG-13 movies versus R-rated movies, we first need to organize the data into stems and leaves.

Step 1: Organize the data

PG or PG-13 Movies' Running Times:

  • Wreck-It Ralph: 108
  • Lincoln: 145
  • Quartet: 98
  • Dark Skies: 97
  • Life of Pi: 126
  • Escape From Planet Earth: 89
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: 166
  • Emperor: 98
  • The Last Exorcism Part II: 88
  • Warm Bodies: 97
  • The Incredible Burt Wonderstone: 100
  • Snitch: 112

Sorted PG or PG-13 Movies: 88, 89, 97, 97, 98, 98, 100, 108, 112, 126, 145, 166

R-rated Movies' Running Times:

  • Silver Linings Playbook: 122
  • A Good Day to Die Hard: 97
  • Parker: 118
  • Zero Dark Thirty: 157
  • Argo: 120
  • Phantom: 97
  • Identity Thief: 111
  • Spring Breakers: 94
  • 21 and Over: 93
  • The Call: 95
  • Dead Man Down: 110
  • Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters: 88

Sorted R-rated Movies: 88, 93, 94, 95, 97, 97, 110, 111, 118, 120, 122, 157

Step 2: Create the Stem-and-Leaf Plot

Stems: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

The stems are the tens digits, and the leaves are the units digits. In this case, the leaves will be organized on either side of the stems for PG, PG-13 movies (left) and R-rated movies (right).

            PG / PG-13          |   R
Stem        Leaves             |   Leaves
----------------------------------------------
8          8 9                 | 8
9                               | 3 4 5 7 7
10         0 8 12              | 0 1 8
11                             | 0 1 8
12         -                   | 0 2 
13                             | -
14         5                   | -
15                             | 7
16         6                   | -

Notes on the Plot:

  • The values on the left represent the leaves for PG or PG-13 movies and those on the right represent the R-rated movies.
  • The dash "-" indicates that there are no leaves for that stem.

Final Back-to-Back Stem-and-Leaf Plot:

            PG / PG-13          |   R
Stem        Leaves             |   Leaves
----------------------------------------------
8          8 9                 | 8
9                               | 3 4 5 7 7
10         0 8 12              | 0 1 8
11                             | 0 1 8
12                             | 0 2 
13                             | -
14         5                   | -
15                             | 7
16         6                   | -

This plot represents the running times for the movies rated PG/PG-13 and R on a back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot efficiently.