Information and IdeasHardReading a table of train punctuality
Information and Ideas practice question
Trains in one week
Line | Trains run | On time
1 | 200 | 180
2 | 50 | 45
A manager notes that ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. both lines have the same punctuality rate, 90 percent, although Line 1 runs four times as many trains.Correct
- B. Line 1 is more punctual because it had more trains on time.
- C. Line 2 is more punctual because it had fewer late trains.
- D. Line 1 ran 200 trains.
Answer: A. both lines have the same punctuality rate, 90 percent, although Line 1 runs four times as many trains.
180 of 200 and 45 of 50 are both 90 percent.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Line 1 is more punctual because it had more trains on time.
- Counts, not rates.
- C. Line 2 is more punctual because it had fewer late trains.
- Counts, not rates.
- D. Line 1 ran 200 trains.
- One figure, no comparison.
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