5.2 The human nervous system

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Physiologists investigated the patellar reflex response times (the latency between a patellar tendon tap and the onset of the muscle action potential, measured in milliseconds) in four healthy adult volunteers using a high-precision electromyogram (EMG) sensor system.

Table 1 shows the latency results of five trials for four participants: Participant A, Participant B, Participant C, and Participant D.

Table 1

TrialParticipant A (ms)Participant B (ms)Participant C (ms)Participant D (ms)
132.435.128.541.2
231.834.629.140.5
333.1112.428.841.8
432.035.529.440.9
532.734.828.241.6
Mean32.435.028.8M
a.

State which participant and trial number represents the anomalous result in Table 1.

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b.

Calculate the mean value M for Participant D in Table 1. Show your working.

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