Exercise 34 looked at distances PG golfers can hit the ball. The standard deviation of these average drive distances is 11.2 yards, and the quartiles are Q1 = 282.5 yards and Q3 = 295.6 yards.

a) Write a sentence or two describing the spread in distances based on
i) The quartiles.
ii) The standard deviation.
b) Do you have any concerns about using either of these descriptions of spread? Explain.

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30 25 20 10 260 270 280 290 30 320 Average Drive Length