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(a)
To calculate: The GB for Atlanta and Philadelphia from the table:
(b)
To calculate: The GB for Chicago where Pittsburgh has higher percentage of wins than Chicago. And so Pittsburgh is in first place and the table is:
(c)
That Chicago is actually behind Pittsburgh in terms of statistics GB.
(d)
To calculate: The deficit for Atlanta, Philadelphia and Chicago and the tables are:
And,
(e)
If it is possible for GB or D to be negative and whether it makes any sense or not.
(f)
The values of GB or D for each of the three teams and compare it, which is a better measure of how far a team is from first place.
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