Measures of the Spread of the Data · Try It 3

Two swimmers, Angie and Beth, from different teams, wanted to find out who had the fastest time for the 50-meter freestyle when compared to her team. Which swimmer had the fastest time when compared to her team?

$$\begin{array}{cccc}\text{Swimmer}& \text{Time (seconds)}& \text{Team Mean Time}& \text{Team Standard Deviation}\\ \text{Angie}& \text{26.2}& \text{27.2}& \text{.8}\\ \text{Beth}& \text{27.3}& \text{30.1}& \text{1.4}\end{array}$$

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