Suppose you are working with the US air traffic on time database. You are interested in examining the length of the flights between New York City and Los Angeles.
You difference the arrival time in New York City from the departure time in Los Angeles, for all non-stop flights yesterday, and get an average flight time of 9 hours.
What is the reasonable explanation? Incorrect answers are penalised.

Question

Suppose you are working with the US air traffic on time database. You are interested in examining the length of the flights between New York City and Los Angeles.

You difference the arrival time in New York City from the departure time in Los Angeles, for all non-stop flights yesterday, and get an average flight time of 9 hours.

What is the reasonable explanation? Incorrect answers are penalised.

Accepted Answer

You made a mistake and forgot to include time zone in the calculation, the flight time is much shorter than this.

Answer

You made a mistake and forgot to include time zone in the calculation, the flight time is much longer than this.

Answer

Flights Los Angeles to New York City typically take around 9 hours

Answer

Flight times vary depending on the type of aircraft and weather conditions, and the average doesn’t adequately reflect this variation.

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None of the other explanations is reasonable.

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