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Information and Ideas practice question
Average finishing time in a city marathon:
2018: 262 minutes
2020: 258 minutes
2022: 265 minutes
2024: 259 minutes
Which statement is best supported by the data?
- A. Times improved in 2020, worsened to above the 2018 level in 2022, and improved again in 2024.Correct
- B. Times improved in every year shown.
- C. 2022 had the fastest average time.
- D. Times worsened steadily from 2018 to 2024.
Answer: A. Times improved in 2020, worsened to above the 2018 level in 2022, and improved again in 2024.
262 → 258 (faster), 258 → 265 (slower, and above 262), 265 → 259 (faster again).
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Times improved in every year shown.
- 2022 was slower than 2020.
- C. 2022 had the fastest average time.
- 2022 was the SLOWEST year, at 265.
- D. Times worsened steadily from 2018 to 2024.
- 2020 and 2024 were both faster than the year before.
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