Roxanne completed her first half-marathon, or 13.1-mile race, in less than 2.5 hours. She pressed the lap timer on her watch as she passed each mile marker so that after the race, she could look at her mile times. Her fastest mile was completed in 9.5 minutes, while the slowest took 11.5 minutes. Her median mile time was 10.5 minutes, and the interquartile range was 1 minute.Which is a measure of how much Roxanne's mile times varied?Choices:(A) 1 minute(B) 9.5 minutes(C) 10.5 minutes(D) 11.5 minutes
Q. Roxanne completed her first half-marathon, or 13.1-mile race, in less than 2.5 hours. She pressed the lap timer on her watch as she passed each mile marker so that after the race, she could look at her mile times. Her fastest mile was completed in 9.5 minutes, while the slowest took 11.5 minutes. Her median mile time was 10.5 minutes, and the interquartile range was 1 minute.Which is a measure of how much Roxanne's mile times varied?Choices:(A) 1 minute(B) 9.5 minutes(C) 10.5 minutes(D) 11.5 minutes
Identify measure: Identify the measure that indicates the variation in Roxanne's mile times.
Analyze choices: Analyze the choices given to determine which one corresponds to the measure of variation.
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