Answer:
Sarah's mean = 70.9
Katie's mean = 78.9
Sarah's range = 15
Katie's range = 25
The mean shows that on average Sarah was 8 seconds faster than Katie. The range shows that Sarah was more consistent with her times. Katie had a larger spread of times which shows she was less consistent.
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>Identifying the mean time for Katie and Sarah</u>
The mean ( average ) is equal to the sum of the numbers in the data set ( the sum of the swimming times ) divided by the number of values in the data set ( which is given as 10 )
<em>Mean for Sarah</em> : Sum of her swimming times : 79 + 70 + 68 + 75 + 69 + 64 + 69 + 75 + 64 + 76 = 709
Number of values = 10
So mean = 709 / 10 = 70.9 seconds.
<em>Mean for Katie </em>: Sum of her swimming times : 79 + 79 + 76 + 81 + 89 + 76 + 64 + 85 + 82 + 78 = 789
number of values = 10
so mean = 789 / 10 = 78.9
Using this information we can identify what the first to blanks are. The mean shows that on average Sarah was ___ seconds ____ than Katie.
The mean time for Sarah was 70.9 seconds and the mean time for Katie was 78.9 seconds. So on average Sarah was faster and by 8 seconds ( which can be found by subtracting Sarah's mean from Katie's )
<u>Identifying the range</u>
The range is equal to the largest value ( longest swim time ) subtracted by the smallest value ( or quickest swim time )
<em>Range for Sarah </em>: Sarah's highest swim time is 79 seconds and her lowest is 64 seconds.
So her range = 79 - 64 = 15 seconds
<em>Range for Katie </em>: Katie's highest swim time is 89 seconds and her lowest time is 64 seconds
So her range = 89 - 64 = 25
Using this information we can fill out the remaining blanks.
The range shows that ____ was more consistent with her times. ___ had a larger spread of times which shows she was ____ consistent.
The higher the range the less consistent you are vise versa. Katie had a larger range hence, Sarah was more consistent and Katie was less consistent.