Expression of IdeasHardSynthesis: choosing a relay runner
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Runner P: personal best 10.2 seconds, set in 2019; ran 3 races in 2024.
- Runner Q: personal best 10.3 seconds, set in 2024; ran 12 races in 2024 and won 9.
The student wants to argue that Q is the more reliable choice for this season's relay team. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. Although P has the faster personal best, it dates from 2019, whereas Q ran twelve races in 2024 and won nine of them.Correct
- B. P's personal best is 10.2 seconds.
- C. Q's personal best is slower than P's.
- D. Both runners competed in 2024.
Answer: A. Although P has the faster personal best, it dates from 2019, whereas Q ran twelve races in 2024 and won nine of them.
Recent races and wins over an old best.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. P's personal best is 10.2 seconds.
- Favours P.
- C. Q's personal best is slower than P's.
- Favours P.
- D. Both runners competed in 2024.
- No comparison.
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