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A student carries out two ruler-drop reaction tests. During one, there is silence and during the other, the radio is playing in the background. Test number & Silence measurement (mathrm(cm)) & Radio measurement (mathrm(cm)) 1 & 0.15 & 0.31 2 & 0.21 & 0.29 3 & 0.18 & 0.28 4 & 0.27 & 0.25 5 & 0.19 & 0.34 Describe the effect of noise on the student's reaction times.
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