Question

I give medalsss! I need help with just one more question.
If both of these 5th placers from 2008 (Man A: 45.11, Woman B: 50.03) had competed in the 2013 semi finals (i uploaded the roster in the comments), where would they have placed, who would have done better?

I think the answer is 11th and 7th, but that sounds too easy, here is the data.

The previous question asked me to find the standard deviation of both, do i need this information or is it irrelevant?

Answer 1

Look on the men's chart for values near 45.11

we have Kevin Borlee in 9th place at 45.03
then Chris Brown in 10th place at 45.18

man A at 45.11 is in the middle of the two. So man A will take over 10th place and push Chris Brown to 11th place since man A is faster by 0.07 seconds. The runners from Chris Brown on down will all be pushed down a rank to fit in man A.

Answer 2

you will do the same for the women as well

Answer 3

thats what i figured, but i just thought that seemed too easy, i thought they would want more of a complex answer in relation to the standard deviation that i had calculated prior

Answer 4

btw, the answers are 10th for man A and 7th for woman B

so you had the woman B correct

Answer 5

i mistyped man A :( but yeah it made sense to put the information into the data like that, it just seemed too easy, i thought they would want something more complex, ya know?

Answer 6

so they had you calculate standard deviation, but you've yet to use it?

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

hmm maybe they'll ask about estimating the range based on the std dev

Answer 9

they asked for the range, median, mode and standard deviation in the first question, then they asked this one

Answer 10

I gotcha